Combined Heat and Power Association
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| Abbreviation | The ADE |
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| Formation | 1967 |
| Legal status | Non-profit company |
| Purpose | Combined heat and power, district heating and demand side services in the United Kingdom |
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Region served
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UK |
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Membership
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c. 90 including energy, construction and manufacturing companies, universities and local councils |
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Director
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Dr Tim Rotheray |
| Website | [www.theade.co.uk] |
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.
