Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP), can help you achieve your goals of reducing or negating carbon emissions. Cogeneration runs more efficiently and, as a result, can generate 50% less carbon emissions than conventional electricity generation while at the same time reducing your electricity rates!

Where grid electricity and natural gas boilers often offer less than 50% efficiency, combining them in into a single application can provide efficiencies up to 90%. CHP plants with gas engines represent the most efficient and environmentally sound approach to generating electricity and heat. Additional benefits of CHP include:

• Financial gains. With cogeneration, the generator is supplying all power to your facility, so you no longer need to purchase power from the grid. CHP installations can often pay for themselves within three to five years, and after they're paid off, they generate profit. 
• Critical backup power. CHP applications can run on island mode, providing critical backup power when the grid goes down. In some cases, these can be more reliable than standard diesel backup units during natural disasters when diesel can be hard to find. 

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