Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is a process, which produces electricity using a gas turbine and uses the waste heat from the turbine exhaust in a waste heat recovery boiler to produce steam. Standard electricity generation is 30% efficient, modern Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT) can be up to 55% efficient. Transmission and distribution losses further reduces efficiency by the time the electricity reaches the end user. CHP is over 80% efficient with the added benefit of being embedded generation (generation at the location of utilisation) thus the transmission and distribution losses are avoided. Fingleton White & Co. Ltd. have reduced the burden on the national grid and reduced CO2 emissions to the environment by over 100,000 tonnes/annum through CHP.

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