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The Future of Cogeneration in Europe: Growth Opportunities and Key Drivers of Success
Business Insights, April 2007, Pages: 131
Cogeneration (simultaneous production of electricity and heat), offers significantly higher fuel efficiency compared with conventional ways of generating electricity from fossil fuel. Provided there is a ready market for the heat output, this not only saves on fuel costs but also reduces CO2 emissions.
The Future of Cogeneration in Europe is a new management report that analyzes the current state of the market offering an European overview as well as detailed profiles for selected markets - such as Germany, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey and Russia. This report assesses the future prospects and the position of cogeneration technology within the overall power generation mix. It evaluates the economics of cogeneration, the regulatory environment, market structure and growth potential. It also offers actionable recommendations based on independent, expert analysis of the critical success factors.
Use the comprehensive analysis in this new report to assess current and future profit opportunities and to anticipate potential market threats.
Some key findings from this report...
- Within the EU, national support regimes have very different efficacy in encouraging high-efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) schemes. In a typical example, the UK system would provide a high efficiency plant only 25% more subsidy than a low-efficiency one. By contrast, in the Flemish system the difference would be four-fold.
- The expanded EU is now home to the world’s largest cogeneration industry, with c.104 GWe installed capacity. This is more than Russia and the US, with c.80 GWe each.
- Micro-CHP is set to be one of the high-growth areas in the next few years. By contrast, biomass-fired CHP faces considerable hurdles and is likely to remain a niche segment in most markets.
- Co generators do not need a ”level playing field” with power utilities, as they rarely compete against them head-on. However, investors in CHP require greater cash flow predictability to make their projects viable.
- In its current initial form, the EU’s support framework for cogeneration does not fully reflect the requirements of the CHP sector, in part because of the top-down way in which it was drawn up.
This new report will provide you with...
- Analysis of the technical capabilities and principal applications of the main established and emerging cogeneration technologies.
- Illustration of the Net Present Value model of Combined Heat and Power investment and of the principal risk factors involved.
- Benchmarking of the technical characteristic and cost structures of the main cogeneration technologies.
- Assessment of the private and public costs and benefits of CHP vs. conventional electricity generation.
- Evaluation of the cogeneration industry structure and growth potential, both in the EU and elsewhere.
- Discussion of the regulatory regime pertaining to Combined Heat and Power with a focus on the EC Cogeneration Directive and its implementation across the EU Member States.
- Examination of what policy makers can do to improve the economic case for investment in CHP and increase growth potential.
Some of your questions answered...
- How is the Combined Heat and Power industry organized and where do I fit within that scheme?
- What is the most cost-efficient cogeneration technology on offer?
- What are the main growth segments and how can I benefit from that growth?
- How helpful is the current regulatory environment to my CHP investment strategy and what are the expected changes?
- What are the main risk factors when investing in a CHP scheme and how can they be mitigated?
- What impact does government policy have on the cost-efficiency of CHP vs. other options?
Some hot issues covered in this report...
- EU ETS and the Kyoto process – low-emissions technologies and the integration of CHP within the EU’s ETS and renewable power frameworks.
- Distributed generation – cutting down on transmission and distribution losses, reduction on the need for investing in the centralized power grid and the improvement on grid stability.
- Externalities – costs and benefits of private economic agents’ actions that accrue to society as a whole rather than to those specific agents.
- Fuel cells – most promising emerging technology in CHP. The association with transport applications and the potential to make micro and small-scale CHP.
- Subsidies – the market-distorting and undesirable perception and the EU Cogeneration Directive’s recognition of the need for some kind of incentive to acknowledge CHP’s social benefits and to increase its role within the power market.
Top 5 reasons to order this new report today
- Identify the advantages of established and emerging cogeneration technologies and their suitability for specific user requirements.
- Analyze the impact of the EC Cogeneration Directive on existing schemes and future investment and its implementation across the EU Member States.
- Understand the economics of the CHP sector and the critical risk factors involved.
- Isolate the potential pitfalls and avoid them, when planning your cogeneration investment strategy.
- Anticipate the likely changes in the regulatory environment and how they might affect your decisions.
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