Abstract
Cogeneration projects that are organized by
developers fail to reach fruition for reasons
other than the basic economical or technical
soundness of the opportunity. Cogeneration
development projects fail because of
misunderstanding by the host or other participants
of their obligations, inadequate management
support by the host organization, regulatory
changes, environmental difficulties, overly high
expectations of profit, changes in fuel economics,
utility policy changes, changing financial
markets, and a variety of other issues. Each of
these potential problem areas will be discussed
briefly, examples will be given, and remedies will
be suggested.
Most of these potential problems then can be
either avoided or attenuated by advanced
provisions so that they will not become fatal
flaws to project completion.
Greenwood, R. W. (1987). Why Cogeneration Development Projects Fail. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /92849.