Cogeneration in Europe

• Published in: Small-Scale Cogeneration Handbook pp. 171 - 176
• Main Author: Kolanowski, Bernard F.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Routledge 2021; River Publishers
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: Turbine Technologies; Absorption Chillers; Small Scale Cogeneration; Cogeneration Installations; Southern California Gas Company; Solar Turbines; ROI; PURPA; Total Power Production; Lithium Bromide; Specific Investment Costs; Engine’s Exhaust; Power Equipment Manufacturers; Combined Cycle Plants; CHP System; Contract Energy Management; Water Heaters; Energy Brokers; Hot Water Heating System; Renewable Power Producer; Diesel Oil; Water Heating; Green Energy
• ISBN: 9788770226530; 8770226539
• DOI: 10.1201/9781003207382-22

In every major European country, there is a nonprofit organization promoting the usage of cogeneration and acting as a platform for the various interests involved. These national institutions are members of Cogen Europe, a nonprofit organization based in Brussels, Belgium, whose main focus is to promote cogeneration on a multinational level. The European engineers take a different approach to designing cogeneration plants. One major philosophy that some governments in Western European nations utilized was to provide cogeneration investors with subsidies and tax breaks. Two distinct factors prevailed causing this increase in cogeneration investment: social and political factors, and economic factors. Cogeneration is one of the prime technologies available to achieve two valuable goals: efficient usage of limited resources, and air pollution reduction. Denmark, Finland, and The Netherlands are the European leaders in the ratio of cogeneration to total national power production.