When you ask a CHP owner why they are operating a CHP unit, they will most often answer ‘because it saves us money’. But if operating correctly; your CHP unit will also give you carbon savings, which under the current climate can be just as important as financial savings.
When you ask a CHP owner why they are operating a CHP unit, they will most often answer ‘because it saves us money’. But does it? How do you know it’s making the savings you expect?
The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2018 SI 110 were published in January 2018 to transpose the requirements of the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) EU/2015/2193 of 25th November 2015 and to control emissions from the operation of Specified Generators.
The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) regulates pollutant emissions from the combustion of fuels in plants with a rated thermal input of between 1MW-50MW.
The Finance Bill 2019/2020 will continue to re-balance the electricity and gas main rates of CCL to incentivise more efficient energy and carbon savings.