1999 News Archive

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16 December 1999: Government gives consent to 49 MW CHP station. Energy Minister Helen Liddell has today given the go ahead to EniChem UK Ltd and CHPA Member ScottishPower plc to build a 45 MW CHP power station at Hythe, Hampshire. Further information from the DTI press release site.

9 December 1999: DETR Consultation on Energy Efficiency Measures under the Climate Change Levy. The DETR have issued a consultation paper seeking views on which technologies might qualify for the Government's proposed Capital Allowances Scheme, and also for the proposed £50m 'energy efficiency fund'.
Further details on the following press release and the consultation paper can be obtained from the DETR website.

9 December 1999: Government gives consent to CHP station at Cantley Sugar Factory, Norfolk. Energy Minister Helen Liddell has today given the go ahead to CHPA Member British Sugar plc to build a 70 MW gas-fired CHP station at Cantley in Norfolk. Further information from the DTI press release site.

25 November 1999: Continued commitment to CHP
Environment Minister Michael Meacher's speech to the CHPA's 1999 conference in London. A copy of the press release is available from the DETR site.

The Minister also announced the extension of a further 40MW of CHP to the Aylesford Newsprint plant in Kent. Further details will be posted at National Power Cogen's website shortly.

25 November 1999: Liddell seeks a better deal for Greener Generators The Government will consult on ways to improve access to regional distribution networks for smaller generators. Helen Liddell, Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe has launched proposals which are particularly relevant to renewable energy and CHP installations. Further information from the DTI press release site. The two consultation papers issued (network management and licensing.) have deadlines of 31 December 1999.

November 1999 : CHP Delivering Power into Business - CHPA 1999 Annual Conference
CHPA's 1999 conference took place on Thursday 25 November 1999 at the QE II conference centre, Westminster, London. Information on speakers and subjects discussed can be found on the following webpage. Some papers delivered at this year's conference will be available on the CHPA website - Heather Massie's, Head of the Environmental Taxation Policy division at HM Customs & Excise, presentation on CHP and the Climate Change Levy, and Environment Minister, Michael Meacher's speech are both available.

9 November 1999: Chancellor's Pre-Budget Statement: Exemption for fuel inputs to CHP from the CCL
The CHPA's initial response to the Chancellor's statement regarding the Climate Change Levy is available on the following press release.
The full Pre-Budget report can be obtained from the Treasury's website. A Quality Assessment paper relating to 'good quality' CHP plant, referred to in the Chancellor's statement was also issued and is available from the Customs and Excise website

4 November 1999: Government gives consent to 49 MW CHP station. Energy Minister Helen Liddell has today given the go ahead to CHPA Member Rolls-Royce Power Ventures Ltd to build a 49 MW gas-fired CHP station at Ansty, near Coventry. Further information from the DTI press release site. This latest approval brings the total amount of CHP granted consent since December 1997 to just under 1000 MW.

October 1999: Northern Ireland Partnership Launch Major CHP Competition
An initiative led by Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd., along with the CHPA, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the Energy Saving Trust, the NI Federation of Housing Associations, NI Electricity, and the NI Department of Economic Development have launched a competition for potential residential CHP projects with a prize fund in excess of £100,000. For an official entry form contact:
John Ellis, Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd, 19 Clarendon Road, Clarendon Dock, Belfast, BT1 3BG.
Tel: 01232 555 888.
The deadline for entries is 30 November 1999.
Details to be posted shortly on Phoenix's website

October 1999: Viridian Power Resources site new website.
CHPA member Viridian Power Resources have recently established a website outlining their work and projects over the UK. Visit it at www.vpr.co.uk

October 1999: First International CHP Conference, Washington DC, 1-2 February 2000.
The International Cogeneration Alliance (ICA), together with the US CHPA, the US Department of Energy, US EPA and a number of other organisations, are hosting a major conference entitled Combined Heat and Power: Energy Solutions for the 21st Century. Further details can be found at the US DoE's CHP challenge website.

29 September 1999: CHP Gets Affordable Warmth Boost.
Cost-cutting high efficiency CHP systems are set to get a boost from CHPA member Transco's new £30 million Affordable Warmth Scheme launched today by Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, and Trade and Industry Secretary,Stephen Byers.
Details on the following CHPA press release.
Further information can be found on the DTI press release site.

27 September 1999: Government gives consent to CHP station at Mersey Docks Liverpool. Energy Minister Helen Liddell has today given the go ahead to CHPA member Powergen CHP to build a 50 MWe CHP plant at Mersey Docks, Liverpool. Further information from the DTI press release site. and also from Powergen's press office.

23 September 1999: CHP Programme to tackle fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions launched.
The Residential CHP programme, designed to tackle fuel poverty and cut carbon emissions was launched today by the Under Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency, Lord Whitty.
A copy of the DETR press release can be found on their press release website. Further details on the Residential CHP programme on the following press release and brochure.

6 September 1999: Stephen Byer's Launches CHP target for the North East
Energy for a new Century, launched today by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, The Rt. Hon Stephen Byers MP sets out a regional CHP target of 1,259 MWe by 2010, a 40% increase in capacity. More details on the following press release.
The report was published by The Northern Energy Initiative (TNEI). Further details on TNEI and the report can be found on their website at www.tnei.org.uk.

17 August 1999: CHP and Absorption Cooling. The DETR have just issued Good Practice Guide 256, An Introduction to Absorption Cooling, which gives a comprehensive look at all issues related to absoprtion cooling, including the benefits that using CHP provides. A copy can be ordered from ETSU on 44 1235 436747. Further information on the Good Practice Guide series can be obtained from ETSU's website.

August 1999: Latest data on CHP use in UK published. The DTI have just published the 1999 Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), their annual review of energy use in the UK. The digest includes a chapter on CHP which states that over 3,900MWe of CHP capacity was operating at the end of 1998 over 1,376 sites.
A breakdown of CHP use across several sectors can be found on the About CHP page. Further information on DUKES can be found on the DTI website. [search for 'Digest']

28 July 1999: Government gives consent for construction of CHP plant at Sappi Paper Mill, Blackburn. Energy Minister John Battle has today given the go-ahead to CHPA member Scottish Power plc to construct a 60 MW gas-fired CHP plant at the Sappi paper mill, Feniscowles, Blackburn, Lancashire. DTI press release.

July 1999: CHPA Members' Briefing on Power Station Consents Policy. A meeting was held at the CHPA in July with contributions from the DTI Energy Policy and Consents Team.
An explanatory note was produced outlining answers to some key questions put forward by the Association's Members and is available on this website.

22 July 1999: Select Committee urges calls for action on CHP. The Environment Audit Committee today published the conclusions to their inquiry into Energy Efficiency. Further details on following CHPA press release. The EAC report can be found on their webpage.

19 July 1999: Select Committee urges Government to give 'fiscal boost to CHP' in the new Climate Change Levy. The Trade and Industry Select Committee today published their report on the Climate Change Levy. Further details on its coverage of CHP in the following press release. The TISC report is published in its entirely on the web.

15 July 1999: Southampton City Council has (today) secured £5 million under the Government's Single Regeneration Budget to bring the benefits of CHP and community heating to a whole new area of the City. Further details on the following CHPA press release .
More details on Round 5 of the Single Regeneration Budget Challenge can be found at the DETR website.

July 1999: National Power Cogen's new website. CHPA member National Power Cogen have recently established their own website outlining their work and projects over the UK. Visit it at www.npcogen.com

10 June 1999: The Climate Change Levy Debate - CHPA launches review of negotiated agreements. Press Release. Well-designed negotiated agreements lead to decisive action and can be an effective alternative to high levels of energy tax, according to a review of international practice on negotiated agreements launched by the Combined Heat and Power Association

June 1999: A Technical Guide to Connection of Embedded Generators to the Distribution Network. ETSU have recently issued the above report covering issues ranging from embedded generators getting a connection, to regulatory, commercial and technical issues. A Project Summary (number 424) can be obtained by contacting ETSU on 44 1235 436747.

The full range of Government Energy Efficiency Best Practice Guides can also be obtained from ETSU. Details of them can be found on ETSU's website (click 'publications' and then 'technology')

June 1999: CIBSE. The CHP Panel of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) have established a website looking at issues related to CHP use in buildings. Further information.

June 1999: US CHPA. The newly formed US CHPA (see news story 1 December below) have recently released their first newsletter; additional information on the US CHP initiative can also be found at the US Office of Industrial Technologies.

June 1999: International Cogeneration Alliance. The ICA was formally established in September 1998 as an industry association working to promote cogeneration and localised power production. More information can be found at their new website www.localpower.org

14 June 1999: Opportunities for More District Energy in the UK. Planning and Regions Minister Richard Caborn provides the opening address to the 1999 Euroheat conference in Sheffield, highlighting the benefits of CHP and community heating. DETR press release site. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott also provided a message to delegates.

27 May 1999: SSE POWERING LONDON'S ROYAL DOCKS. CHPA member Scottish and Southern Energy have secured two major deals to provide power to the Royal Docks development at the Docklands, London, including installation of a 10 MWe CHP plant. More details available from SSE's website.

14 May 1999: CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY – WILL UK MISS £600m CHP DIVIDEND? Press Release. Investment worth £3 billion to the UK economy, as well as a substantial contribution to the UK's target of a 20% cut in carbon emissions, will be forgone unless clear action is taken to exclude high efficiency Combined Heat and Power from the Government's proposed Climate Change Levy.

14 May 1999: Michael Meacher announces extension of DETR/Transco's Feasibility Scheme . Further information from the DETR press release website.

7 May 1999: Government gives consent to two CHP plant. Energy and Industry Minister John Battle has today given the go ahead to two further CHP plants. Press releases giving more details of Kronospan's 12.4 MWe plant in Wrexham and Kimberley - Clark's 13 MW CHP plant in Barrow-in-Furness can be found at the DTI press release site.

19 April 1999: CHPA Member Volvo Aero Turbine's VT600 CHP System awarded Millennium Product Status. Trade and Industry Secretary, Stephen Byers, announced today that Volvo Aero Turbine's 600kW gas turbine is to be awarded Millennium Product status by the Design Council. Further details from www.millenium-products.org.uk (search for 'Volvo' under company search).

30 March 1999: John Battle launches Renewables Review document . John Battle today set out the Government's blueprint for the future of renewable energy More information can be found from the DTI press office site. A full copy of the document is also available to download Further information. A copy of the CHPA response is also available.

29 March 1999: Government Consent for extension to Slough Heat and Power's CHP station. The 11 MW extension will be fuelled by 80,000 tonnes per year of mainly processed waste paper, which is unsuitable for recycling More information can be found from the DTI press office site.

23 March 1999: CHPA Members ABB and Alstom announce the merger of their power generation businesses. The 50-50 joint company will be called ABB ALSTOM Power. Further information.

9 March 1999: CHPA Welcomes Next Stage of Government Action on Energy Taxes. CHPA response to the Chancellor's introduction of the Climate Change Levy. Further information.

9 March 1999: The Chancellor announces the introduction, from April 2001, of the new Climate Change Levy. The Levy follows from the recommendations made by Lord Marshall in his report on the role of economic instruments and the business use of energy. Further information. A full copy of the accompanying consultation document is also available to download Further information.

26 February 1999: Minister sees CHP savings put to Work. The CHPA invite Energy Efficiency Minister Alan Meale MP to visit a high efficiency CHP plant powering Portland College in his Mansfield constituency. Further information.

16 February 1999: Tony Blair Switches onto CHP. Twenty-three government buildings that are connected to the revitalised Whitehall District Energy Scheme, are now getting the benefit of energy from a high efficiency Combined Heat and Power Scheme. Further information.

15 February 1999: Industry Welcomes Lead on Climate Friendly Technologies. Business leaders in the energy sector have today welcomed Robin Cook's plans to create an initiative designed to boost the application of technologies, which can help developing countries to respond effectively to the challenge of climate change. Further information.

15 February 1999: Government Consent given to British Sugar's CHP station at York. John Battle announces Government approval of a 70 MWe CHP plant. More information can be found from the DTI press office site.

28 January 1999: BP Energy Scores Double with CHP Deal at ECC International. CHPA member BP Energy and ECC International announce a 10 year contract for two further CHP schemes.

4 January 1999: CHPA member PowerGen announces the acquisition of Yorkshire CoGen Limited ('YCL') for £94.9 million in cash from Yorkshire Electricity Group plc. Further information.