heat capture

Combined heat and power (CHP)

Last edited 10 July 2007 at 5:07am

Energy isn't just wasted in the places that we finally use it; most of the waste in our electricity system happens before it even reaches our homes and businesses.

Our power stations throw away the same amount of heat as is needed to provide hot water and heating for every building in the UK.

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How does this happen? Well, generating electricity produces huge amounts of 'waste' heat, which is simply thrown away by our power stations - for example, as steam up the cooling towers.

On average, our large, centralised power stations throw away two thirds of the energy they generate.

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The new coal rush

Posted by bex — 30 April 2007 at 4:36pm - Comments

Ferrybridge power station

In 1974, the BBC launched Ceefax, Richard Nixon was kicked out of office and the last new coal-fired power station was built in the UK. Most things have moved on a fair bit since then – but apparently not for the UK's energy companies.

Article tagged as: climate change, co2, coal, decentralised energy, fossil fuels, heat capture, kingsnorth, power stations

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