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Summary
It’s been 141 years since Thomas Edison operated the first modern cogeneration plant on Pearl Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and today cogeneration remains a promising technology for many countries.
One such country is Japan, where CHP is responsible for generating 5% of the country’s capacity.
As part of a country-focused series presented by COGEN World, Thomas Smith, president of the Cogeneration World Coalition, and Dr Takao Shinji from the Advanced Cogeneration and Energy Utilization Center of Japan (ACEJ), mapped out the potential for cogeneration in Japan.
Despite the potential, Shinji made it clear that market growth will come down to whether cogeneration makes economic sense and can provide the efficiency and balancing needed for Japan’s grid.
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