(Washington D.C.) – On September 23, the Combined Heat and Power Alliance submitted comments to the Department of Energy regarding its Request for Information on Barriers and Pathways to Integrating Onsite Clean Energy Technologies in the Industrial Sector (DE-FOA-0002830). The comments outlines several economic, financial, regulatory and informational barriers hindering the deployment of onsite CHP and WHP systems at industrial facilities and provides pathways to overcome said barriers.
CHP is a proven technology that can provide significant greenhouse gas emission reductions in the industrial sector in the near- to mid-term as marginal grid emissions continue to be based on a mix of fossil fuels in most areas of the country, and CHP systems utilizing clean fuel sources can be a long-term path to decarbonizing thermal processes resistant to electrification and for critical operations where dispatchable onsite power is needed for both resilience and reliability.
You can download the full set of comments here.