In small-scale combined heat and power plants (CHP), heat and power can be produced from local ingredients, such as wood chips and waste fractions. As the use of renewable energy forms in distributed energy production increases, so does local self-sufficiency in energy production. Such an increase also promotes the aims of sustainable development and has the potential to create new jobs. By combining a CHP plant with a biomass gasifier and a biorefinery, it is possible to produce, along with heat and power, biofuels and other chemicals.
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