February 27th, 2012
Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country well up to now, but it is now facing significant challenges, including security of supply, competitiveness and meeting carbon emission targets.
The publication of the report The State of [...]
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February 27th, 2012
Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report
Clean Energy
Combined Heat and Power
Combined heat and power (CHP) is the simultaneous generation of electricity and usable heat in a single process. In its simplest form, the heat produced during power production is recovered and used to produce steam, hot water and/or chilled water (tri-generation). Optimisation of electricity generation and heat recovery have led to energy savings in industry of up to 43%, where heating and chilling costs can be supplemented with heat recovery and chilling.
