How do I control my CHP optimally with the energy market?
Direct answer
You control a CHP optimally by viewing heat demand, electricity price, gas price, feed-in options, buffer capacity and operational limits simultaneously. The best choice is context-dependent and changes by the hour.
- Balance heat and electricity
- Include EPEX and gas price
- Assess feed-in
- Scenarios for flexibility
Fixed running hours versus market-driven CHP control
A CHP is not a simple on-off switch. The installation produces heat and electricity simultaneously, while market prices, gas prices and operational constraints change constantly. Energy Intelligence makes visible which choice is economically and practically logical.
- CHP control requires a combined heat and electricity balance.
- Market prices are relevant, but not separate from cultivation, process or building demand.
- Scenarios help determine when running, modulating or shutting down is sensible.
Decision
Traditional approach
Run on fixed routines or gut feeling.
Modern approach
Run based on heat, price and availability.
Price
Traditional approach
Assess market prices afterwards.
Modern approach
Include price signals in advance in scenarios.
Risk
Traditional approach
Operational limits sit in scattered knowledge.
Modern approach
Constraints are explicitly built into steering rules.
Which variables determine the choice?
The value of CHP control arises from the combination of heat demand, electricity demand, market price, gas price, maintenance and buffer level.
- Heat demand and buffer capacity.
- Electricity demand and feed-in headroom.
- EPEX prices and imbalance context.
- Gas price and efficiency.
How do you make control practical?
Capture scenarios and limits so operators do not have to justify every hourly decision anew.
- Create run, modulate and stop scenarios.
- Safeguard minimum running hours and maintenance limits.
- Visualise expected margin.
- Evaluate decisions afterwards.
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