Diarmaid Williams, Decentralized Energy
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BASF, the world’s largest chemical producer has put its faith in combined heat and power plants (CHP), as a means of efficiently serving its facilities energy needs.
The company has been using CHP to heat and power its facilities for over 20 years and Dr. Claus Beckmann, Head of Energy & Climate Policy, BASF told Decentralized Energy they intend to increase their reliance on the technology.
“Our production needs heat and electricity 24/365 and CHP is the most efficient way to serve this demand,” says Beckmann in an understated way, as comparisons with European emissions trading benchmarks show that BASF’s greenhouse gas-intensive chemical plants operate at above-average efficiency.
Gas and steam turbines in the company’s CHP plants provide more than 70% of the electricity demand of the BASF Group. Compared with separate methods of generating steam and electricity, the company saved 12.7 million MWh of fossil fuels and prevented 2.6 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions in 2017.
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