Welcome!

The Intermountain CHP Center was formed by the U.S. Department of Energy to increase adoption of CHP in the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

CHP is a significant, and growing, piece of the puzzle to meeting our region’s energy needs. CHP leads to increased efficiency, economic vitality, environmental quality, greater energy flexibility, increased homeland security, and higher energy reliability.

Combined cooling, heating, and power (CHP) refers to generating electricity at or near the place where it is used, and then “recycling” the waste heat and using it for space heating, water heating, process steam for industrial steam loads, humidity control, air conditioning, water cooling, product drying, or for nearly any other thermal energy need. The end result is significantly more efficient than doing each of these separately.

We invite you to explore how CHP can benefit our region’s businesses and communities, and how the Intermountain CHP Center can help with technical assistance, project support, education, policy reform, grant information, and other goals.