In Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants, electricity and heat are produced and used simultaneously from the same primary energy source and within the same installation. Electricity is produced from an alternator coupled to a heat engine or turbine.
At the same time, heat is produced through the recovery of the system’s waste thermal energy.
A CHP project must ensure compliance with two essential points in order to optimize the use of fuel: firstly, overall efficiency needs to exceed 60%; secondly, the thermal recovery ratio must be at least 50%.
ANME has involved the sector’s various stakeholders in endorsing its proposals for promoting this technology. The project has been presented to the CHP Prior Consultation Commission (the Commission de Consultation Préalable de Cogénération – CCPC) made up of ANME, DGE and STEG – which has given its views on technical aspects of the project.
If a CHP project is judged to be energy-efficient under the terms of Decree 2000-3232 relating to cogeneration (CHP), ANME will issue the company with a certificate confirming its energy efficiency status. Enterprises seeking to develop CHP projects can benefit from grants of 70% of the cost of feasibility studies up to a ceiling of 30,000 DT and 20% of the cost of material investments up to a ceiling of 200,000 DT.
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