Renewable Energy - Part 9 - combined heat and power

CHP is not of itself a renewable energy resource, but is included here, as it does have a role to play, in the reduction of CO2 emissions, and is an important concept that can also be applied to renewable energy resources, such as concentrated photovoltaics and biomass. Much of the world supply of electricity comes from fossil fuel power stations. Fuel energy is first converted into thermal energy on combustion...