Heat and Electricity at the Point of Use
The current centralised energy system is up to 75% inefficient compared to onsite cogeneration. This is because the heat output from a conventional gas fired power station is lost to the atmosphere and a significant amount of electricity is lost during transmission.
There are many advantages to generating energy locally. Chief among them is the potential for more efficient use of current fuels such as natural gas, bio-gas, biomass and waste to make electricity and capture the heat generated and to use it locally. This efficient use of fuels leads to emissions reductions and lower costs.
In some locations it is possible to take emission reduction further by implementing renewable technologies such as solar, wind or fuel cell technologies at the point of use. This approach quite literally weaves energy security into the fabric of society.
For most, the barrier to entry is financing and managing a local power plant is a specialist activity and not suited to the majority of businesses, local authorities or communities and this activity should be outsourced to a company like PZERO. |
“A ‘distributed’ system – generating energy near where we use it - could fundamentally change the way we meet our energy needs, contributing to emissions reduction, the reliability of our energy supplies and potentially to more competitive energy markets. H M Government – Energy Review, July 2006 |
