http://setenergy.org/2009/01/27/may-not-be-sexy-tech-but-it-sure-can-help/ Sustainable Energy Transition Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:24:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://setenergy.org/2009/01/27/may-not-be-sexy-tech-but-it-sure-can-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 miggs Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:51:37 +0000 http://setenergy.org/?p=788#comment-1038 Glad to see a post on the potential of recycled energy. I'm associated with Recycled Energy Development, the leading company on CHP/cogeneration. (Actually our chairman Tom Casten coined the term \combined heat & power.\) This report from Oak Ridge was great, and there have been plenty of other reports for the EPA and DOE suggesting that the potential here is absolutely massive -- not just with CHP, but also with waste heat recovery, a similar technology that turns manufacturers' excess heat into clean power. We could cut emissions 20% with these technologies -- as much as if we took every passenger vehicle off the road. The main reason more isn't happening is that regulations protecting monopoly utilities are keeping more efficient alternatives from emerging. We need to change that system. Glad to see a post on the potential of recycled energy. I’m associated with Recycled Energy Development, the leading company on CHP/cogeneration. (Actually our chairman Tom Casten coined the term \combined heat & power.\) This report from Oak Ridge was great, and there have been plenty of other reports for the EPA and DOE suggesting that the potential here is absolutely massive — not just with CHP, but also with waste heat recovery, a similar technology that turns manufacturers’ excess heat into clean power. We could cut emissions 20% with these technologies — as much as if we took every passenger vehicle off the road. The main reason more isn’t happening is that regulations protecting monopoly utilities are keeping more efficient alternatives from emerging. We need to change that system.

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