Upcoming boom in cogeneration

An upcoming boom in the use of cogeneration and other independent and alternative sources of energy is already creating major benefits for users, energy service companies, and the nation's utilities that will increase substantially over the next decade. Energy-services companies are now positioning themselves to take advantage of rapidly accelerating growth in the cogeneration business and this major window of opportunity, due in part to both governmental support and basic economic forces. These forces have been instrumental in driving many industrial, commercial, and military users toward cogeneration at a rapidly increasing rate to control their costs and assure future energy supplies. Growth is also being accelerated by major equipment manufacturers, consultants, and contractors willing to enter the energy-services industry to try to stimulate the use of their products and services in this important new market.