U.S. DOE Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center

摘要

Combined heat and power has a long and successful history in the Gulf Coast region. With nearly 24,000 MW already operational, Texas and Louisiana are national leaders in CHP adoption. In Texas today, CHP supplies about 20 percent of the state's electricity - some 80 million MWh annually. With the large base of chemical plants, refineries and process industries along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast, the states still have enormous potential in industrial applications, while growing interest for CHP in commercial and institutional markets represents a largely untapped emerging opportunity.