CHP plant produces district heating for Kalmar city and suburbs as well as renewable electricity equivalent to 1/3 of Kalmar’s electricity needs. The plant is fed with biomass from the forest in the form of wood chips, bark and residues from forestry and wood industries as well as a small amount of peat.
CHP plant produces district heating for Kalmar city and suburbs as well as renewable electricity equivalent to 1/3 of Kalmar’s electricity needs. The plant is fed with biomass from the forest in the form of wood chips, bark and residues from forestry and wood industries as well as a small amount of peat.
What is CHP?
In a CHP plant electricity and heat are produced. In this way the energy content of the fuel is better utilized. The CHP plant resembles a giant pressure boiler, where steam from boiling water runs turbines, which in turn are running generators that produce electricity for transport into the electricity network.
The residual heat of the steam is transferred to the district heating system, which in turn heats our homes and hot water in the taps. The heat is passed to customers through insulated pipes buried in the ground.
CHP is both more efficient and more environmentally friendly than many other ways to produce electricity and heat.
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