Meanings
nouncogeneration (usually uncountable, plural cogenerations)
plural cogenerations
- uncountableusuallyThe production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.
Synonyms: CHP
- uncountableusuallyThe simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source.
- uncountableusuallyJoint generation; cocreation.
The book project is part of a larger effort by Future Earth to build mechanisms for cogeneration of knowledge […]
2018, Thomas Elmqvist, The Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities, page xxix
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe production of heat and/or power from the waste energy of an industrial process.
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Bulgarian когенерация
- когенерация (kogeneracija)simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Catalan cogeneració
- cogeneraciósimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Chinese Mandarin 熱電聯產 /热电联产
- 熱電聯產 /热电联产 (rè-diàn liánchǎn)simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Czech kogenerace
- kogeneracesimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Dutch warmte-krachtkoppeling
- warmte-krachtkoppelingsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Finnish sähkön ja lämmön yhteistuotanto, yhteistuotanto
- sähkön ja lämmön yhteistuotantosimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
- yhteistuotantosimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
French cogénération
- cogénérationsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
German Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung
- Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Hebrew קוגנרציה
- קוגנרציהsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Italian cogenerazione
- cogenerazionesimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Norwegian kogenerasjon
- kogenerasjonsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Polish kogeneracja
- kogeneracjasimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Romanian cogenerare
- cogeneraresimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Russian когенерация
- когенерация (kogeneracija)simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Slovak kogenerácia
- kogeneráciasimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Spanish cogeneración
- cogeneraciónsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Swedish kraftvärmeverk
- kraftvärmeverksimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Turkish kojenerasyon
- kojenerasyonsimultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
Ukrainian когенерація
- когенерація (koheneracija)simultaneous or serial production of heat and electricity from the same source
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Cite this entry
APA
cogeneration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogeneration
MLA
“cogeneration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogeneration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cogeneration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cogeneration.
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