Southeast CHP TAP News, Events & Publications

The Southeast CHP Technical Assistance Partnership (CHP TAP) aims to deliver its message to a wide variety of organizations interested in the efficiency, environmental, and security benefits of combined heat and power. Please contact us if you would like the Southeast CHP TAP to deliver a presentation to your organization.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Energy Exchange/Better Buildings Summit, August 21-23, 2018, Cleveland, OH

The US Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Summit is one of the premier events for energy professionals to engage with one another and explore and share innovative strategies, emerging technologies, financing trends, and much more.  For 2018, the Summit will be held with DOE’s annual Energy Exchange, focused on federal facility energy management, to provide greater access to technical discussions and training while also providing the great panel sessions, keynote speakers, and networking opportunities attendees expect at the Summit.

PAST EVENTS

• Tennessee Environmental Conference, March 18-20, 2019, Kingsport, TN

At the 2019 Tennessee Environmental Conference the Southeast CHP TAP presented "The Benefits of Combined Heat and Power in Tennessee." The presentation highlighted energy resilience benefits and included highlights of facilities in Tennessee, including the newest system in the state, located at Erlanger Hospital.

RESOURCES & PUBLICATIONS

Reports

• CHP Technical Potential in the United States
  This market analysis report provides data on the technical potential in industrial facilities and commercial buildings for “topping cycle” CHP, waste heat to power CHP (WHP CHP), and district energy CHP in the U.S. 
• CHP Financing Primer
  This financing primer provides checklists of information that financiers need to evaluate CHP investment opportunities, and discusses how CHP developers can best tailor their financing approach to a specific project. 
• CHP: A Clean Energy Solution:
  A paper by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that provides a foundation for national discussions on effective ways to reach a 40 GW target, and includes an overview of the key issues currently impacting CHP deployment and the factors that need to be considered by stakeholders participating in the dialogue.
• Characterization of CHP Opportunities at U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants
  This report examines the current state of anaerobic digester gas-fueled CHP at wastewater treatment plants, identifies critical implementation factors, and estimates the technical potential for new CHP installations. 

Fact Sheets

• Boiler MACT Fact Sheet
  DOE began the Boiler MACT technical assistance program with a pilot program in partnership with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to provide site-specific technical and cost information to the more than 50 facilities in the state affected by Boiler MACT. 
• CHP Deployment Program Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides an overview of the U.S. DOE’s CHP Deployment Program and the key services it provides. 
• CHP Technology Fact Sheets