The term dumb generation describes the kind of conventional power plants, wind turbines or solar panels that have been used for decades. (microgridknowledge.com)
Given the considerable lead times and competition with renewables conventional power stations don't seem to be a good investment. (johnquiggin.com)
Heat that is normally wasted in conventional power generation is recovered as useful energy, which avoids the losses that would otherwise occur from separate generation of heat and power. (aceee.org)