Boosting CHP

Government figures show targets for doubling the capacity of combined heat and power schemes are unachievable. The New Electricity Trading Act brought in to prevent the big generators artificially boosting electricity prices has also stopped the development of CHP schemes. Many proposed schemes have been cancelled and the latest DTI figures show that last year 35 CHP plants were closed.
Climate change targets require the current CHP installed capacity of 5,000MW to be doubled by 2010. Doubling CHP capacity would reduce carbon emissions by 7m tonnes per year;