More than 84 percent of our energy is lost before it ever reaches us, and it is lost in inefficient generation and transmission or conversion to heat or cooling. Decentralised energy offers a massive opportunity to improve the efficiency of energy generation and use with the potential to reduce power consumption by the equivalent of 14 power stations and reduce natural gas use by over 771 LNG tankers. Decentralised energy is not yet a widely understood term, but that is about to change as local authorities, urban planners and central government recognise the benefits of energy generated off the main grid including micro-generation, combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating and cooling. Decentralised energy can refer to energy from waste plants with CHP, district heating and cooling as well as geo-thermal, biomass solar and wind energy that is generated locally. These schemes can provide power to a single industrial user, a new development or potentially even a new town or city.
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