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Energy from industry could halve gas imports

By Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent

Published: June 19 2008 02:40 | Last updated: June 19 2008 02:40

Industries across the UK could generate as much electricity as 10 nuclear power stations and halve gas imports by installing or extending plants that generate energy while using the waste heat to warm local buildings.

A report by Pöyry Energy Consulting, commissioned by Greenpeace, analysing the UK’s potential for combined heat and power units – which capture the heat from the electricity generation process and recycle it – found nine sites where CHP could be applied or extended.

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