Analysis

In 1997, as part of its research on efficiency strategies to address climate change in preparation for the Energy Innovations study, ACEEE identified CHP as the most important near-term industrial sector strategy.  We have continued to pursue CHP policy initiatives and have expanded them to the district energy and building sectors in our reports, Approaching the Kyoto Targets and Combined Heat and Power: Capturing Wasted Energy.

CHP Analysis Working Group
ACEEE has also been leading a multi-organizational working group on CHP and DER data and analysis. The first product of that effort was the report, Distributed Energy Resources and Combined Heat and Power: A Declaration of Terms (2000). Over the years, this group has met numerous times to share information and to develop new ideas for improving policy as well as advancing research and analysis related to CHP issues. Notes and presentations from these meetings are listed below:

August 1, 2006

• Meeting Notes
• Presentations:
  • Bruce Hedman, EEA: "CHP Installation Database: Small CHP"
  • Paul Lemar, RDC: "Evaluation of Data Collection Approaches for Small DG and CHP Units"

April 6, 2006

• Meeting Notes
• Presentations:
  • Neal Elliott, ACEEE: "Spark Spread Today and Tomorrow"
  • Joel Bluestein, EEA: "Natural Gas, Electricity, and CHP"
  • Paul Lemar, RDC: "Installed Base of DG and CHP"
  • John Kelly, GTI: "Future Grid--Local Area Analysis of DE, EE, and RE Impacts"

July 14, 2003

• Meeting Notes
• Presentations:
  • Robert Schnapp, EIA: "Redesign of Electricity Data Collections: 2005"
  • Paul Bautista, EEA: "EEA CHP Installation Database: CHP Capacity in 2000"

September 27, 2001

• Meeting Notes

Reports

• Reports
  A complete listing of Industry and Agriculture Program reports related to CHP and DG.

For more information contact:
R. Neal Elliott, Program Director
Vanessa McKinney, Research Staff

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