Cogeneration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005520",
  "term": "Cogeneration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The generation of electricity and the capture and use of otherwise wasted heat energy byproducts. Cogeneration is also referred to as a combined heat and power (CHP) system.\n\n2. The consecutive generation of useful thermal and electric energy from the same fuel source.\n\n3. Production of two useful forms of energy such as high-temperature heat and electricity from the same process.\n\n4. Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of heat and electricity, commonly called combined heat and power (CHP), from a single fuel.\n\n5. Steam-generating unit that simultaneously produces both electrical and useful thermal (or mechanical) energy from the same primary energy source.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "Greening EPA Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "USDA Forest Products Techline Wood Biomass for Energy at http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/techline/wood-biomass-for-energy.pdf",
    "40 CFR 63.10042 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/cogeneration/"
}