Clean, Efficient and Reliable Electricity and Heating/Cooling

The Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative (TXCHPI) is a non-profit association of business interests that support clean, energy-efficient, CHP technology applications in industrial, commercial and institutional settings. TXCHPI champions CHP as the most effective, economical and environmentally sensible energy option for Texas.
CHP and Energy Security: Legislative Update
Next Membership Meeting   Latest Press Release   TXCHPI Information Sheet   Gulf Coast CHP Application Center   CHP report download (public) CHP Plant Database (members only)	Clean and efficient power! Is it possible to reduce energy costs and improve the environment? Yes, there are at least two ways to meet your electric and heat needs. The typical industrial, commercial or institutional customer ("building load" above) can rely on purchases from conventional generation (left side). This requires 66 units of fuel energy to generate 20 units of electrical energy at a distant location. The building requires an additional 34 units of fuel energy to produce 29 units of useful heat at the site. A total of 100 units of fuel provides 49 units of useful energy. The remaining 51 units of energy is wasted. With combined heat and power (CHP; right side), only 57 units of fuel energy are used in an efficient, integrated, sequential process on the premises. CHP generates 20 units of electricity and captures the heat that would have been wasted! The losses are only 8 units. The customer gets 49 units of useful energy. Conventional approach? 100 units of fuel. CHP? Only 57 units! Renewable resources (biomass) can also fuel on-site generation.
TXCHPI is an industry-led 503(c)(6) advocacy group committed to promoting and implementing combined heat and power in the  State of Texas. The Texas CHP Initiative vision is full deployment of CHP technologies throughout Texas. Effective, economic application of CHP technologies will improve energy security, increase power reliability, reduce fossil fuel usage, lower energy bills, and protect the environment.
Mission	The Texas CHP Initiative champions combined heat and power as the most effective, economical and environmentally-sensible energy option for Texas.
Join TXCHPI	Membership is open to anyone who supports the mission statement. Join the Texas CHP Initiative.
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