"The Pacific Region CHP Application Center will assist organizations to locate, design and implement economically viable distributed energy projects that make appropriate use of their recoverable waste heat."
The Pacific Region Combined Heat and Power Application Center is based in California and was created with funding from the US DOE to promote the use of CHP in the Pacific Region. The objectives of the Center are to reduce the perceived risk of CHP to users, foster CHP as a viable technical and economic option for the participating region, and to capitalize on existing regional CHP resources.
The practical steps that will be taken to achieve these goals include generating state baseline assessments of existing CHP capacity and developing partnerships with organizations that have a stake in the business. The major tasks include developing a website and presenting material such as "how-to-CHP guides" to reach out to the end users and provide them with relevant information.