Decarbonization Avenue : Enhancing thermal power plant efficiency

Challenges

CHP not feasible for all power plants

Enabling combined heat and power utilization at power plants could significantly increase the overall efficiency, as value is now recovered from the wasted heat.

However, most thermal power plants do not have a clear business case for CHP as there are not viable options currently to utilize the heat that can be captured in a CHP power plant.


Relevant for

  • Solar power professional
  • Industrial engineer

Innovation sector

  • Renewable energy sciences

Other Challenges

Stakeholders

  • Corporate researcher