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3 March: Government ‘Household
Energy Management Strategy’
Recognises Contribution of District Heating and CHP
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our Press Release (pdf)
2 March: Leading scientists
propose smarter low carbon future
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our Press Release (pdf)
19 February: CHPA comment
on UKGBC & Z-C Hub Sustainable Community Infrastructure
Task Group Report
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our Press Release (pdf)
03 February 2010: CHPA Statement
on Ofgem Project Discovery
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here (pdf)
01 February 2010: CHPA Press
Release
Government cash reward
for microCHP
Government today recognised the enormous potential
of micro-combined heat and power (microCHP) to cut carbon
dioxide emissions from Britain's households, providing support
for the technology through its ‘Clean Energy Cashback
Scheme’2 (otherwise know as the Feed-in Tariff).
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05 January 2010: Action
on FiT needed Now
The Deputy Director of the CHPA, Ian Manders, has written
to the Guardian Newspaper highlighting that the UK leads
the world in the design and development of micro-CHP units.
However, the government is risking seeing investment, jobs
and manufacturing go abroad, to where micro-CHP already
receives considerable financial support, such as in the
Netherlands and Germany.
The Combined Heat and Power Association, the Heating
and Hotwater Industry Council and the Micropower
Council have jointly written to Lord Hunt, the energy
minister, to urgently seeking confirmation that micro-CHP
will be treated in the FIT as previously indicated by government
ministers in parliament. All three organisations are urging
the Government for support from the Feed in Tariff (FIT)
for micro-CHP at 15p per kilowatt hour could mean a saving
of up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 per annum from Britain's
buildings by 2020.
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26 November 2009: CHPA Press
Release
Political support for
CHP in the Government estate
The importance of combined heat and power (CHP) and
district heating in helping secure reductions in C02 emissions,
across the public sector and wider economy, has been outlined
by a cross party group of leading politicians at the Combined
Heat and Power (CHPA) Annual Conference.
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26 November 2009: CHPA Press
Release
Winners of the CHP Awards
Following the successful reintroduction of the 2008
CHP Awards, the scheme this year has been expanded to six
categories. Winners were announced at the Awards Dinner
on Wednesday 25th November 2009.
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11 November 2009: CHPA Press
Release
Government
tightens CHP requirement for new power stations
The merits of recovering waste heat from power
stations have been enshrined in new Government planning
policy on the development of power plants. The details,
contained with the Department for Energy and Climate Change
(DECC) National Policy Statements (NPS), announced on Monday
9th November, mark a step forward from the Government’s
previous treatment of combined heat and power.
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October 2009:
CHPA Press
Release
£100m
green funding a further boost for London’s decentralised
energy revolution
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
today announced that he has secured a £100m green
funding boost. The joint funding will support investment
in decentralised energy, recycling and waste energy creation
projects.
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October 2009: CHPA
applaud London Mayor’s continued commitment to low
carbon, low cost decentralised energy
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today outlined
a range of initiatives to drive an energy revolution across
London, the details of which are warmly welcomed by the
Combined Heat and Power Association. The measures announced
– developed in partnership with the London Development Agency
(LDA), London First and London Councils – build on the impressive
achievements already secured in bringing the benefits of
local energy generation to the capital.
25 September
2009: RWE npower Renewables Signs Biomass Plant Deal
A new state-of-the-art biomass facility has moved
a step closer to reality with the signing of a multi-million
pound deal. RWE npower renewables has concluded a contract
with papermaker Tullis Russell to supply its paper mill
at Markinch, Fife with heat and electricity from a new biomass-fuelled
co-generation plant. The plant will have an installed capacity
of 50 megawatts (MW) and will replace the existing coal-fired
power plant at Tullis Russell.
Graham Meeks, Director of the CHPA, commented: “The
biomass CHP plant will enhance the competitive edge of a
leading Scottish business for decades to come. As climate
change and security of supply pressures force up costs,
projects like this will be crucial if British industry is
going to be able to compete internationally in years to
come."
“Effective and enduring incentives for renewable
CHP have made the development of this plant possible, helping
employ our precious renewable resources in the most effective
way. Stable support under the Renewables Obligation will
help to make sure this is the first of many such projects.”
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11 September 2009: Ed Miliband
Backs CHP to Secure & Save Energy and Cut Carbon
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed
Miliband officially opened the Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
unit at St Thomas' on Thursday 10 September.
Speaking before the launch Ed Miliband said: "Combined
heat and power is an ideal energy solution for community
buildings. It means a secure on-site supply, savings on
energy bills and cuts in carbon emissions."
"The energy savings that Guy's and St Thomas'
are making with their Combined Heat and Power units show
how any organisation really can contribute to the global
aim of limiting dangerous climate change."
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