Power industry in cogeneration
Cogeneration is the use of a power station to simultaneously generate both electricity and useful heat while limiting losses resulting of the transfer between the manufacturer and the recipient. Thanks to the utilization of waste heat created during the production of energy, the general efficiency of cogeneration systems reaches 89%.
The experts' report commissioned by the World Bank demonstrates that Combined Heat and Power is especially preferred with regards to the possibility of development related to the climate. Cogeneration enables reduction of the cost of energy production and of the emission of carbon dioxide and other types of pollution. This element is especially important in the countries where, such as in Poland, the cold season in especially long, normally lasting 7 months. Thanks to the cogeneration we have fewer chimneys.
24 February 2007 the changes in the Act of the Electric Power Industry Law came into force. They were supposed to adapt Polish legislation to the requirements of the Instruction 2004/8/WE of the European Parliament and of the European Council of 11 February 2004, regarding the support of cogeneration based on the demand for heat energy on the domestic market. The aim of the implementation of the Instruction is the promotion of more effective use of fuels in the process of producing electrical and heat energy, by means of increasing the share of energy production through cogeneration.
The advantage of Combined Heat and Power is the increase of the energy security.
