Mini CHP systems-a small price to pay for bigger profits

The use of combined heat and power systems in the UK has traditionally lagged behind that in the United States and the rest of Europe-to some extent due to legislation and to the attitude of the gas and electricity authorities. The 1983 Energy Act created a measure of freedom in the UK so far as electricity was concerned, in that any generator of electricity can contract to sell power to the local network and indeed can use the local network to pass power from one part of the country to another. A company taking advantage of the new situation is Combined Power Systems Ltd. It has developed a neat packaged customer-friendly and yet very sophisticated combined heat and power (cogeneration) set which provides substantial energy savings for the user