Britain takes stronger line on waste heat
Some representatives of the UK electricity industry still regard any form of combined heat and power as a technique against which their industry has to be defended. Others however, appear to have been influenced by the expected recommendations of a revised government paper. The official discussion paper on combined heat and power originally released by the government committee in February 1977, and known notoriously ever since as Energy Paper No 20 (EP20), was sent back for revision in the face of uninhibited comment from individuals and organizations, none of whom would agree that combined heat and power was in any sense uneconomic, either at that time or at any other when fuel prices had to double in effect, nor that the conversion of existing condensing power stations was impracticable. EP20, the subject of much earnest debate and revision behind securely closed doors, was originally promised for the end of 1978, then for the Spring and now for the Summer of 1979. The debate goes on, and reviews of papers at other meetings are given. The suggestion of the formation of a Heat Board was made by R. Forman to control the large-scale distribution and sale of heat. The strong potential of geothermal applications in the UK was addressed by R.W.E. Fuller. (MCW)
- OSTI ID:
- 6001983
- Journal Information:
- Energy Int.; (United States), Vol. 16:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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