4 Combined heat and power
Deregulation of the electricity supply industries around the world after 1990 kick-started the combined heat and power business where none had existed before. Once it became possible for anybody to generate electricity it became possible for any industry to install a gas turbine and heat recovery boiler to supply their electricity and process steam independently of the public utility, and moreover get a fair market price for any electricity sold which was surplus to requirements.
Typical industries for combined heat and power are pulp and paper, petrochemicals, oil-refineries, distilleries, food processing and the steel industry. Typical gas turbines in such applications are the large aero-derivatives and the small ...
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