cogeneration potential News
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Sub-Saharan Africa is yet to Harness Cogeneration`s Potential as a Green Power-generating Mechanism, Says Frost & Sullivan
The emerging cogeneration market is proving to be an asset in Africa where access to power is limited. However, its worth as an electricity production mechanism for export to the national grid is still undervalued and underutilised, mainly due to a lack of understanding, funding and support from Government and financial institutions. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ...
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COGEN Europe welcomes new member Shell
“We are pleased to join COGEN Europe in helping policymakers design EU energy, climate and industrial policies that work in harmony to harness the potential of cogeneration”, said Wouter Koopman, the Affairs Manager for Gas at Shell. Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with an average of 93,000 employees in more than 70 countries. Shell’s core values ...
By COGEN Europe
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Sonelgaz CEO, visits Calvert Landfill Gas Power Plant
As part of a programme meeting organised by the British Embassy in Algiers, a delegation chaired by Noureddine Boutarfa and composed of seven executive members from Sonelgaz was able to visit Calvert landfill gas power plant built by Clarke Energy at the Calvert Landfill in Northamptonshire. The plant is owned and operated by Infinis, a portfolio business of Terra Firma. Sonelgaz ...
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Bolder Action Needed on Efficiency in Heat and Power Generation to Make the Energy Union a Reality
The European Commission announced today the completion of the Energy Union in its Fourth State of the Energy Union Communication. In this document, COGEN Europe is concerned by the lack of focus on energy efficiency in the heating and power generation sector to ensure the Energy Union is putting us on track to achieving our Paris climate goals. As energy efficiency is a prerequisite for ...
By COGEN Europe
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First African grid-connected biogas-powered electricity plant comes online in Kenya
Africa’s first biogas-powered electricity producer to sell surplus electricity to a national grid has come online at a Kenyan commercial farm. The Gorge Farm Energy Park, located in the market town of Naivasha, produces 2MW of electricity and heat to cultivate 1,740 acres of vegetables and flowers, with enough surplus power to feed 5,000-6,000 rural homes. The farm, roughly 76km away ...
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Enabling a consumer-led, secure and affordable energy transition by fully reaping the benefits of cogeneration
COGEN Europe announces today key legislative recommendations to ensure that the Clean Energy Package engages energy consumers and turns them into active beneficiaries of the energy transition by unlocking the contribution of cogeneration towards the Clean Energy Package objectives. The Clean Energy Package will be crucial to provide a coherent framework for energy consumers and investors with a ...
By COGEN Europe
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EU Clean Energy Package: Energy efficiency first approach a step in the right direction
COGEN Europe welcomes the renewed commitment to the “energy efficiency first” principle in the European Commission’s “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package released today. To unlock the potential of high efficiency cogeneration, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle should be consistently applied across all the legislative proposals in the Package, ...
By COGEN Europe
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