Combined Heat and Power Association

The Association for Decentralised Energy (formerly the CHPA) is the leading advocate of an integrated approach to delivering energy locally, designed around the needs of the user.

Members

The Association for Decentralised Energy has over 90 members including:

• Boots Group
• ExxonMobil
• Siemens
• British Sugar
• Clarke Energy
• Baxi Group
• E.ON UK
• RWE npower
• Scottish Power
• Centrax Ltd
• Dalkia
• Ener-G Combined Power
• University of Warwick, University of Leeds, University of Edinburgh, Cranfield University and Glasgow Caledonian University

Function

The ADE acts as an advocate for its members by engaging with Government and key decision makers to support cost effective and efficient solutions to industry, businesses and householders by:

• Developing a policy which puts the energy user’s needs first
• Delivering a local, low carbon energy system at lowest cost
• Ensuring an understanding of heat, which makes up half of our energy use
• Taking an integrated and 'systems thinking' approach
• Helping users manage energy demand to limit the need for new generation capacity
• Strengthening the sector’s reputation through industry standards and best practice

The Association also provide secretariat for the Independent Heat Customer Protection Scheme.

History

It was founded in 1967 as the District Heating Association, becoming the Combined Heat and Power Association in 1983, and was then renamed to the Association for Decentralised Energy on the 12th January 2015.

See also

• Department of Energy and Climate Change

External links

• The ADE