Combined Heat and Power
What is biomass CHP?
Biomass CHP (Combined Heat and Power) is the term used to describe the process of producing both electricity and heat, at the same time, using Biomass i.e. plant and animal matter, food waste or more commonly, wood in the form of wood chips or pellets, as the fuel source.
The co-production of electricity and heat is extremely fuel efficient compared with more conventional technologies and dependant upon the type of technology employed, can be more than twice as efficient as producing electricity alone.
The use of Biomass, rather than natural gas; the most commonly used fuel type in conventional CHP, translates the energy generated from merely sustainable to being Renewable energy
