The Hera Group operates in the Industrial Cogeneration business by installing various plants at large companies.
The term cogeneration means the simultaneous production of various forms of secondary energy (electricity and heat energy) starting from just one source (whether fossil or renewable) implemented in a single integrated system. Heat energy can be used for industrial use or room conditioning (heating, cooling).
Cogeneration is achieved in special thermoelectric power plants where hot process water and/or fumes produced by a prime mover powered by fossil fuel (natural gas, fuel oil, biomasses, etc.) are recovered. Thus we get significant energy savings as compared to the separate production of electricity (via generation in an electricity plant) and heat energy (via a traditional thermal plant).

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