About the CHP Partnership
What Is the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership?
EPA’s CHP Partnership is a network of CHP stakeholders promoting CHP’s role in providing affordable, reliable, and low emission energy, with a focus on CHP’s evolving role in enhancing resiliency and in supporting renewable integration and electricity dispatch flexibility. The Partnership serves as a knowledge base for impartial tools, policy information, and other resources to support enhanced understanding of CHP opportunities and benefits.
EPA’s CHP team welcomes the following types of organizations as Partners (see Organization Type Descriptions (DOC)(1 pg, 26 K) ):
- Attorney
- Consultant
- End-user
- Energy Service Company (ESCO)
- Engineering/Construction
- Financier
- Government Agency
- Manufacturer/Distributor
- Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
- Project Developer
- Utility
Join Us
Why EPA Supports CHP
EPA promotes greater use of CHP because significant cost-effective emissions reductions can be achieved by increasing the efficiency of the nation's energy supply. CHP systems achieve fuel use efficiencies of 65 to 75 percent, compared to a typical separate heat and power (i.e., purchased grid electricity from the utility and an on-site boiler) efficiency of approximately 50 percent. This improvement in efficiency translates to:
- Reduced total fossil fuel use
- Reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants
- Reduced water consumption compared to conventional electric power generation in some cases
CHP can also serve an important role in enhancing the resiliency of commercial, industrial, and government facilities and in supporting renewable integration and electricity dispatch flexibility.
What We Offer
- Shared Commitment to CHP: Partnering with EPA is an opportunity for an organization to demonstrate its commitment to CHP and it's understanding of CHP’s environmental, economic, and reliability benefits. Partners represent a network of private and public organizations working in the diverse CHP industry. As a Partner, an organization can use the CHP Partnership logo on its website and other materials to highlight its partnership with EPA.
- Information about CHP and its benefits: Our website contains information about CHP basics, benefits, and technologies as well as information about the project development process.
- Technical tools and resources: Examples include:
- Information about state and federal CHP policies and incentives: Examples include:
- CHP News: The EPA tracks topical CHP news, opportunities, and events, and shares this information to stakeholders through newsletters, webinars, and other outreach forums.
- Expert advice and answers to questions: If there are specific questions, the Partnership can help address them. The Partnership can be reached at chp@epa.gov or (703) 373-8108.