Why Choose Cogeneration?

With rising energy costs, it has become important for owners and developers to look at alternatives and take an educated look at the benefits of a Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Cogeneration system for new or retrofitted buildings. It is a highly efficient way of generating heat and electric power at the same time, from the same energy source.  CHP Cogeneration systems offer a vast amount of advantages, enabling the user to gain a degree of energy independence, while improving power quality, reliability and lowering overall primary energy costs. 

Having a CHP Cogeneration unit on-site drastically reduces the number of stages that the production of electricity has to go through in order to reach the consumer. Less stages means less loss. This is one of the reasons that CHP cogeneration systems can run at 80% efficiency or more. These systems use the energy loss that takes place in the form of heat and uses it to run a boiler and heating system for the building that it has been placed. CHP Cogeneration systems can be retrofitted into buildings and use a variety of sources as fuel; this means that the dependence on traditional non-renewable fuel sources can be lowered very easily. Cogeneration is projected to be responsible for 14%-24% of Alberta’s energy source by the year 2030. Installing a system now would allow you to be ahead of the curve while the demand for CHP installation is relatively low.