Combined Heat and Power Partnership

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June 19 - First in New Series of EPA Clean DG Policy and CHP Webinars (June 26)
June 19 - Updated CHP Project Development Handbook (99 pp, 1 MB, About PDF)
June 5 – Three Facilities Earn the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award
>> EPA Press Release
June 5 – 2007 Partnership Update (PDF) (24 pp, 980K, About PDF)
June 5 – Facilitating Deployment of Highly Efficient Combined Heat and Power Applications in China (PDF) (53 pp, 274K, About PDF)
June 5 – Summary of Energy Bill Provisions Affecting CHP (PDF) (7 pp, 938K, About PDF)
May 1 – Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) recoverable waste energy inventory program

Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, is an efficient, clean, and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. By installing a CHP system designed to meet the thermal and electrical base loads of a facility, CHP can greatly increase the facility's operational efficiency and decrease energy costs. At the same time, CHP reduces the emission of greenhouse gases, which contribute to global climate change. Read more basic information regarding CHP.

The CHP Partnership is a voluntary program seeking to reduce the environmental impact of power generation by promoting the use of CHP. The Partnership works closely with energy users, the CHP industry, state and local governments, and other clean energy stakeholders to facilitate the development of new projects and to promote their environmental and economic benefits.

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Through 2007, the CHP Partnership has helped install more than 335 CHP projects, representing 4,450 megawatts (MW) of capacity. These emissions reductions are equivalent to:

Removing the Annual Emissions of More Than 2.0 Million Automobiles

Planting More Than 2.4 Million Acres of Forest

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