“…It appears necessary to seek technical and economic solutions that facilitate the decentralisation in the industry; in other words, the emergence of smallsized efficient energy sources, which are capable of competing with large-sized power plants. At the same time, it is necessary to adhere to the country's energy development strategy, gradually making the transition from the pre-emptive use of natural gas to a significant use of fossil fuels (Kasperowicz, 2014;Lisin & Grigoryeva, 2012;Lisin, Strielkowski, Amelina, Konova, & Čábelková, 2014;Maximov & Molodyuk, 2008;Stoft, 2002). The presence of the above problems and major problems of public concern facing the industry in terms of the state course taken to ensure competitive energy markets, determines the relevance of the economic justification of the choice of modern technologies for the combined production of heat and electricity.…”