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Technical, economic, and regulatory challenges to installing eight gigawatts of new CHP for building systems by the year 2020.

Author(s) : SWEETSER R.

Summary

Cooling, heating, and power (CHP) systems are a key support for the electric grid of the future (eight gigawatts should be installed by 2020). The paper helps understanding the magnitude of this goal and examines the history leading up to recent national electric grid problems; technical interest of CHP for buildings are investigated as well as the barriers to achieving success and programmes in place to achieve success.

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  • Original title: Technical, economic, and regulatory challenges to installing eight gigawatts of new CHP for building systems by the year 2020.
  • Record ID : 2004-0418
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2002 annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Volume 108, part 2 + CD-ROM.
  • Publication date: 2002

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