Comments on: Filling the Gaps in Energy Production with Cogeneration http://greennationtoday.com/filling-the-gaps-in-energy-production-with-cogeneration-684.html Green Nation Today presents Green, Sustainable, Environmental, Eco-friendly Lifestyle News Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: American Idiot http://greennationtoday.com/filling-the-gaps-in-energy-production-with-cogeneration-684.html/comment-page-1#comment-2304 American Idiot Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:10:10 +0000 http://greennationtoday.com/?p=684#comment-2304 This is a great article. I have not heard of this until now, but it sounds fascinating and clearly already works well. I can't imagine why companies wouldn't already be trying to do this, even without incentive, but I am not surprised, sadly. Thanks for the informative article! This is a great article. I have not heard of this until now, but it sounds fascinating and clearly already works well. I can’t imagine why companies wouldn’t already be trying to do this, even without incentive, but I am not surprised, sadly.

Thanks for the informative article!

]]> By: miggs http://greennationtoday.com/filling-the-gaps-in-energy-production-with-cogeneration-684.html/comment-page-1#comment-2163 miggs Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:59:30 +0000 http://greennationtoday.com/?p=684#comment-2163 Excellent post on cogen/CHP. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that does precisely this, as well as waste heat recovery. And Gofman was right: the potential in the U.S. is mind-boggling. EPA and DOE estimates suggest we have enough recoverable waste energy -- which would be captured mainly by CHP, but also waste heat recovery -- to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. That's as much as if we took every passenger vehicle off the road. Meanwhile, costs would fall due to increased efficiency. The main obstacle is regulations that protect electric utilities, making alternative power generation relatively difficult. Change the rules and we'd have a much more efficient system. Excellent post on cogen/CHP. I’m associated with Recycled Energy Development, a company that does precisely this, as well as waste heat recovery. And Gofman was right: the potential in the U.S. is mind-boggling. EPA and DOE estimates suggest we have enough recoverable waste energy — which would be captured mainly by CHP, but also waste heat recovery — to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 20%. That’s as much as if we took every passenger vehicle off the road. Meanwhile, costs would fall due to increased efficiency. The main obstacle is regulations that protect electric utilities, making alternative power generation relatively difficult. Change the rules and we’d have a much more efficient system.

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