摘要 |
In order to improve the adaptability of devices for generating energy with which both electrical and thermal energy can be generated to respectively given conditions of use with respect to the supply of thermal energy to consumers, a device for generating energy is specified which comprises: - a first energy-generating unit for generating electrical energy, in particular current, and - a second energy-generating unit for generating thermal energy, in particular heat and/or cold, and - an output device for supplying the thermal energy which is generated by the second energy-generating unit to a consumer, and an output monitoring device, wherein the output monitoring device is designed to enable the output device in a first operating state and to disable the output device in a second operating state, and/or - a control device for controlling the second energy-generating unit, wherein the control device is designed to activate the second energy-generating unit in a first operating state and to disable the second energy-generating unit in a second operating state. |