ENER-G has released its annual carbon reduction report, which shows that in 2014 its combined heat and power (CHP) customers reduced their carbon footprint by a total of 371,578 tonnes.
The company, which claims to be Europe’s leading small-scale CHP system provider, says this annual saving equates to the environmental benefit of removing 123,859 cars from the road each year.
ENER-G CHP customers reaping the rewards of ‘going green’ include the NHS, Glaxo SmithKline, Adams Foods, David Lloyd Leisure, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, and major hotel groups, together with the British Royal Family, which reportedly uses CHP technology at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.
Heather Foster, head of Operations, said: “At a time of high energy bills, those organisations using CHP are saving money, as well as reducing their carbon footprint.
By generating their own secure supply of heat and power, they can also protect themselves from power outages and the disruption caused by network failures.”
ENER-G says CHP achieves cost savings ‘of up to 40% over electricity sourced from the grid and heat generated by on-site boilers’. Typical payback on the technology is between three and five years, with most CHPs having a product lifecycle of 15 years or more.
