Combined Heat And Power (CHP) Policy Review For The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia Volume I: Final Report

Combined heat and power (CHP), also known as cogeneration or in some cases trigeneration, is the simultaneous production of electricity and heat from a single fuel source, such as natural gas, oil, biomass, biogas, coal, or waste heat. CHP is often viewed not as a single technology, but as an integrated energy system that can be modified depending upon the needs of the energy end user. Given the large loads for process heating and cooling in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), there has been growing interest in whether it would be feasible to adopt policies and programmatic frameworks that would lead to wider adoption of CHP technology resources in the country.