Reports & Publications

CHPA Reports

March 2008: CHPA Response to BERR ‘Heat: Call for Evidence’
Read here (.pdf)

March 2008: CHPA Response to the BERR/Ofgem Distributed Energy Consultation
Read here (.pdf)

TCPA & CHPA's Joint Best Practice Guide - ‘Community Energy: Urban Planning For A Low Carbon Future’
The TCPA and CHPA joint best practice guide -‘community energy: urban planning for a low carbon future’ has now been launched. The eagerly anticipated document calls for energy production to be decentralised and puts local authorities and communities at the forefront of sustainable energy production. It also calls on councils to lead by example and commit to low carbon energy across their property portfolios.
Read here (.pdf - 8MB)

April 2006: CHPA Response to the Government's Energy Review 2006
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October 2005: Time to take a Fresh Look at CHP...
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July 2005: CHPA Report '50 Ways to Boost CHP'
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March 2005: CHPA Response to the Government's Climate Change Review
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Government Reports on CHP

Check here for any new material from Government on CHP

September 2006: An appraisal of the effect and costs of introducing a CHP obligation
Read here (230KB)

September 2006: Initial appraisal of the 'Whitehead Proposal' for CHP
As part of the Climate Change Programme review, Defra commissioned ILEX consulting to carry out an appraisal into the Alan Whitehead proposal.
Read here (PDF 528KB)

August 2005: NAP implications and options for CHP
Read here (PDF 215KB)

April 2005: Audit of Cambridge econometrics's MDM-E3 combined heat and power sub-model
An independent audit of the Cambridge Econometrics model.
Read here (110KB)

November 2004: Future Energy Solutions - Study of the economics of example CHP schemes.
Read here (PDF 240KB)

April 2004: Government's Strategy for Combined Heat and Power to 2010
Read here (PDF 268KB)

December 2003: Possible support mechanisms for biomass-generated heat
A commissioned report from ILEX Consulting
Available Soon (376 KB)

November 2003: Cambridge Econometics CHP Analysis
Read here (PDF 30KB)