EUROPEAN CO-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
July 1st, 2011
BY MARK ROWE
CO-GENERATION (or combined-heat and power - CHP) plants operate using a variety of technologies: gas turbines, fuel cells, Stirling engines, gas or diesel engines and combined cycle gas turbines. According to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) - the European Union's (EU) scientific and technical research body - natural gas is currently the preferred fuel across Europe for co-gen, with combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) and gas turbine plants expected to become the predominant future technology for large-scale units.
However, even in the brave new world ...
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