An economic study of combined heat and power plants in district heat production

• Published in: Cleaner Engineering and Technology
• Main Authors: Hafiz Haq, Petri Valisuo, Lauri Kumpulainen, Ville Tuomi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Combined heat and power; CO2 reduction in district heating system; Levelized cost of heat and electricity production; Circular economy; Zero-waste; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2020.100018; https://doaj.org/article/edc84baa759f4c85949c647f7e4586e7

Combined heat and power plants are playing an essential role in Finland to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in district heat production. Some of the existing district heat producers need to adopt renewable energy sources to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. The northern countries face a challenge to...