Atmospheric Emissions
Combined heat and power is a highly efficient energy process that produces fewer combustion products per unit of energy output than traditional heat and power generation systems. This, in turn, has a beneficial effect in terms of air pollution and its consequences. Although installing a CHP system usually increases the fuel consumption on-site, the use of cleaner combustion plant sometimes results in an overall reduction in some of the pollutants produced. Furthermore, by generating electricity on-site, CHP also displaces the larger amounts of fuel used at central power generating stations, significantly reducing the emission of pollutants from this source.
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