Diarmaid Williams, Power Engineering
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Attitudes to combined heat and power technology have transformed, according to speakers at the world’s largest electric power conference.
Chilkoot Ward, Director of Utilities at the University of Alaska and a member of IDEA told an audience attending POWER-GEN International 2017 that the technology is now gaining favorable attention, in stark contrast to its previous treatment.
“There’s been a change in the mindset of utilities,” Ward told attendees at the Flexible Generation & Onsite Power session. “CHP once stood for cancer as far as utilities were concerned but they’re now offering incentives to solve some problems. There’s been fundamental shifts and they are looking at more of a partner approach – changes are already happening for the good.”
Ward acknowledged there are barriers yet to be overcome if the technology is to rightly proliferate, and ‘fill the gaps’ produced by having a surplus of abundant renewable energy on the energy system. He believes part of the problem is that CHP is not seen to be an equitable solution with conventional green energy techs.
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