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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership

The Role of Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems in Data Centers

This report reviews how distributed generation (DG) resources such as fuel cells, reciprocating engines, and gas turbines can offer powerful energy efficiency savings in data centers, particularly when configured in combined heat and power (CHP) mode.

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The Role of Distributed Generation and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems in Data Centers (PDF)(31 pp, 648 K)