BP already has interests in a series of high-efficiency gas-fired power stations with around 12 gigawatts of generating capacity, enough to power over 10 million typical homes. These include plants in the US, Vietnam, Spain and South Korea.
Some of those power stations are a combination of combined cycle gas turbine plants (CCGT) which generate power that is fed out onto the electrical grid. Others are co-generation plants at our industrial facilities.
Co-generation - or 'co-gen' as it is known in the industry - is the most efficient type of natural gas power generation. Co-gen plants use natural gas to produce heat and steam. Some of this heat and steam is used to drive the power turbine and make electricity. In a co-gen plant, the excess heat generated from the power turbine is recaptured and used in other industrial processes like oil refining or manufacturing.
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We will be continuing to add to our capacity in the future.
