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December 2003: DG Connection Guide
A recent released DTI guide explaining the process of connecting generating
projects to the distribution network . The Document has been written by Power
Planning Associates under contract to DTI. Available to download
(875 Kb)
December 2003: Transco 7GWe prediction
for CHP by 2010
The annual assessment of future demand and supply of gas, just published by
Transco's parent National Grid Transco, contains key assumptions including
the expectation that the renewables target will be over 33 per cent short,
while the performance of the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) sector will be
even worse than government expectations. Report downloadable here
5 December 2003: Cogen Directive Update
The Parliament's Industry Committee has refused to bow to pressure from the
Council and the Commission, sticking to its initial position on the Cogeneration
Directive. The possibility of a conciliation procedure looms ever closer.
More details on the following article.
Progress of the Directive can be viewed here
November 2003: The Future is Bright for
Cogeneration and Nedalo
New Managing Director Steve Guttridge says, "This is an exciting and important
development in The Cogeneration Company's short history. Our company was established
because of constraints faced by Nedalo and it is entirely fitting that we
should be back together again. Recombining our strengths visibly demonstrates
our commitment and desire to put momentum back into the market and drive the
industry forward." Read the full press release here
24 November 2003 - Government Proposes
Changes to 28-day Rule
The Goverment have announced a pilot scheme today with new rules which will
allow customers to choose a longer contract, and in return receive energy
efficient products and services from their supplier, such as MicroCHP and
also CHP with Community Heating. Ofgem will carry out formal consultations
on the necessary supply licence changes in December 2003, with a view to the
trial starting in April 2004. Read the full DTI press release here
13 November 2003 - Lord Whitty speech
to the CHPA Annual Conference
Text of the Minister's speech given at Royal Horticultural Halls in London
avaiable to be viewed here
13 November 2003: CHPA National Conference
CHPA's 2003 National Conference took place on Thursday 13 November at the
Horticultural Halls in London The Association's National Conference is
the lead annual event for the UK CHP industry and this year the Conference
took as its theme 'A Commitment to CHP'. The event focused on
some of the most critical issues facing the CHP industry today and also looked
to the longer term, particularly the aspirations Government have laid out
in this year's Energy White Paper and how the Government can finally deliver
an effective national CHP Strategy which will prove their future commitment
to CHP.
Find full programme here
13 November 2003: Six-Million Pound Boost
for Energy-Saving Heating
Energy-efficient schemes which will heat homes, hospitals, schools and other
public buildings received a £6million boost from the government today.
Read more
12 November 2003: Modelling good quality
Combined Heat and Power capacity in the UK to 2010 - Revised projections
DTI have published a revised report by Cambridge Econometrics on projections
for future CHP uptake in the UK. This updates work undertaken and published
at the time of the release of the Government's Draft CHP Stratgy in May 2002,
and will inform Government on their forthcoming CHP Strategy, expected to
be finalised in March 2004. The report can be downloaded from the DTI website
6 November 2003: Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary installs CHP
CHPA Member Dalkia welcomed Melanie Johnson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State for Public Health, as she officially opened the new Energy Centre
that serves the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne, which includes
the installation of two new 2MWe CHP engines. Read the press release here
November 2003:New Financing Guide Available
The Community Energy Programme have launched a new Financing Guide designed
to help managers of potential community heating schemes and consultants assessing
schemes to develop a sound economic and funding case. The document, along
with a series of annex documents, can be downloaded from the EST's website
October 2003: Powergen Energy Monitor
2003
Following the publication of the Government's Energy White Paper 2003, Powergen
commissioned the University of East Anglia to undertake research into UK consumers'
attitudes towards energy and energy efficiency, a key plank of energy policy
in the White Paper. The report also covers Powergen's work on MicroCHP. Report
downloadable from here
October 2003: Free one-day Community Energy
Programme Seminar
The Community Energy Programme is holding a series of free one-day seminars
across the country with advice on scoping a potential Community Energy scheme
and applying to the programme for funds.Further information on the EST's website
here
October 2003: Energy Efficiency Implementation
Plan
DEFRA have published a webpage announcing their goals in relation to the energy
white paper. This can be viewed at the following website
21 October 2003: CHP concerns covered
by Radio 4
Radio 4's File on Four programme recently covered difficulties the New Electricity
Trading Arrangements have placed on the market, including the impact on CHP
generators. Philip Jackson, Managing Director of CHPA Member Slough Heat and
Power outlines the problems NETA has created on their operation. The programme
can be heard online here
21 October 2003: Turn your home into a
mini power station
BBC Online article focusing on different microgeneration technologies for
domestic use, includng MicroCHP. Click here
to view.
17 October 2003: Denmark's powerful lessons
for the future
Excellent article from The Scotsman highlighting Denmark's newest and
highly efficient CHP station. Available to be viewed here
16 October 2003: ELECTRI-CITY!
CHPA Member Leicester City Council, also Britain's first Environment City,
could become a world leader with its pioneering energy plan. Read more here
7 October 2003: Regulating for a greener
future
Ofgem has published a new fact sheet on its responsibilities for delivering
a number of schemes for government to help promote renewable energy, CHP and
energy efficiency. As well as summarising each of the main schemes that it
is involved with, it also gives contact details for officials working in the
areas mentioned. The fact sheet can be downloaded from here
October 2003: USCHPA Updates
The US cogeneration association has recently produced a brochure and highlights
CHP elements in the proposed Energy Bill currently before congress. Read
here
October 2003: Biomass CHP to produce green
energy
Ireland's first wood- fired biomass-combined heat and power plant, to
be developed at Enniskeane in West Cork.
Read the full article at the Irish Examiner's website
October 2003: CHP use across the UK
The DTI's latest issue (September) of its quarterly publication Energy
Trends contains analysis of CHP use in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
and the regions of England in 2002. Downloadable here
October 2003: Powergen's MicroCHP Brief
Article providing details on CHPA Member Powergen's recently launched
domestic CHP unit. Read it here
October 2003: MicroCHP brochure
CHPA Member Microgen have recently published a brochure highlighting the
benefits of MicroCHP. Available to download off their website at: http://www.microgendirect.com/
October 2003: CHP Directive Article
Cogen Europe Director Dr Simon Minett reviews the progression of the proposed
Cogeneration Directive currently working its passage through Brussels. Read
the arcticle here
September 2003: Suppressed NETA report
finally released by Government
Following the intervention of the Parliamentary Ombudsman the Association
is pleased that after almost two years the Government has agreed to release
a review the DTI commissioned on the impact of NETA on embedded generation,
which was undertaken by ILEX
Energy
A copy of the report is available to download (PDF 486 Kb) from the DTI
website. Industry journal Utility Week reports on former Energy Minister,
Brian Wilson's, comments on this report. Utility
Week 12 September 2003 and Utility
Week 05 September 2003
29 September 2003: CHP at BASF in Germany
CHPA Members Siemens have issued the following press release following the
groundbreaking ceremony for their new CHP plant at Ludwigshafen, in Germany.
Read here
15 September 2003: CHP Target for Government
The Goverment is planning to introduce a target on Departments' use of CHP
generated electricity by the end of the year, as announced in the following
PQ
September 2003: Environment Agency Members'
Briefing
The Environment Agency kindly provided a briefing to the Association's members
in September focusing on three areas of particular concern to the industry:
IPPC, Emissions Trading and the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). The
(MS Powerpoint) presentations from the briefing are available to be viewed
below. Dr Neil Davies,
EUETS presentation, Chris
Bower IPPC , Dr
Peter Newman, LCPD
Further EA LCPD papers are available below (in MS Word):
Monitoring Requriments
of the revised LCPD
Guidance on LCPD and
Supplementary Firing
Guidance on LCPD and Plant
Closures/Mothballing and the National Emissions Reduction Plan
September 2003: View Barkantine CHP Scheme
Barkantine will be opening again for the London Open House event on Sunday
21 September between 1pm-4pm. Tours on the half hour can be booked on 020-7752-2369.
Further information at www.londonopenhouse.org
- see Small Power Station under Tower Hamlets. Further information on the
Barkantine scheme on the following
Energy Saving Trust Case Study
September 2003: First EUETS Consultation
paper released
DEFRA and DTI have jointly launched the first of a series of consultations
on the EU ETS. This consultation document seeks views by October 2nd 2003
on how shares of the total sum of allowances should be allocated to installations
covered by the scheme in 2005-7. Full details, consultation papers and additional
analysis available from the DTI
website
September 2003: DTI Renewables Innovation
Review
The DTI has started to look at how best the Government can support innovation
in the new and renewable energy industry. To assist the DTI, a report from
ICCEPT/E4Tech
was commissioned on how innovation systems in the UK work for six new and
renewable energy sectors, which takes a systems approach and the innovation
process is analysed for wind (onshore and offshore), marine (wave and tidal
stream), solar PV, Biomass, hydrogen from renewables, district and micro-CHP.
More information on the following DTI website
September 2003: Energy & Emissions Projections
The DTI have published "illustrative projections results from initial July
2003 run" of energy and emissions projections, and utilises a capacity
of only 8GWe of CHP in 2010. This is the first of the work to fully update
Energy Paper 68 and is available to download from the DTI website
September 2003: Government milestones for
CHP progress published
The Sustainable Energy Policy Network (SEPN) have published a series of milestones
to move towards achieving the Government's CHP target. These can be viewed
at the DTI's SEPN website
August 2003: Projections on CHP Target
in 2010
ILEX Energy were recently commissioned by working group 1 of the DTI/OFGEM
Distributed
Generation Coordination Group (DGCG) to assess CHP market developments
since the May 2002 Cambridge Econometrics (CE) study (which was published
alongside the Government's
Draft CHP Strategy). The report (PDF 283 KB) can be downloaded here
August 2003: DUKES shows Government failing
to achieve CHP target
The latest release of the Government's Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES)
2003, shows, for the first time, a drop in the year on year capacity growth
in CHP. The full DUKES CHP chapter can be downloaded from the DTI Energy
statistics website
25 June 2003: CHPQA Secretary of State
Certificates still to be claimed
There are currently 85 schemes which have CHPQA certificates for their 2002
output but have yet to ask for their Secretary of State certificate to be
maintained/updated. DEFRA will be contacting these scheme operators over the
next day or so.
21 May 2003: Community heating hots up
A total of £6.7 million in funding for community heating schemes will benefit
11 communities, under the Government's Community Energy programme it was announced
today. This brings to £15.6M given in support in Financial Year 2002/3. Full
details on following EST/Carbon Trust Press
Release
22 May 2003: DTI Distributed Generation
Conference
As part of the Government's Renewable Energy Programme, the DTI is hosting
a conference in Birmingham focusing on distributed generation. Click
for further details of the event, including the conference programme
16 May 2003: CHP RIP?
Industry journal Utility Week highlights Government's failure to move towards
its 10,000MWe CHP target. Read the article here
15 April 2003: Ofgem stimulates more competition
Ofgem today announced that they expect there to be more competition in the
gas and electricity markets as a result of a simpler licence application process.
For full details, visit the Ofgem website
April 2003: Small CHP field trials announced
The Low Carbon Innovation Programme, a Carbon Trust initiative, is to undertake
field trials of small CHP (maximum capacity threshold of 25kWe). The trials,
which are subject to the OJEC rules, are due to begin in the latter part of
this year. For full details, including an outline of objectives, please download
the LCIP
brief
9 April 2003: Environment Issues in the
Budget
The Chancellor, Gordon Brown, today outlined the budget commitments to the
environment. For full details, including the specific environmental taxes,
visit the Treasury press
release or Chapter 7 of the Chancellors Budget Report
9 April 2003: Ofgem install CHP
Ofgem have installed CHP at their headquarters in Millbank, London. The CHP
Engine, supplied by CHPA member, ENER-G Combined Power, will provide heat
and electricity for the site. For further details, visit the Ofgem website
8 April 2003: Construction industry urged
to go green
The Construction Minister, Brian Wilson, today urged all sectors of the building
industry to work together to help build a greener Britain. For full details,
including recommendations for improving energy efficiency and the use of renewables,
visit the DTI website
9 April 2003: HM Customs and Excise Budget
Notes
Customs and Excise have today published notes to accompany the budget annnouncement
on CHP exemption from the Climate Change Levy. For further details, download
the documents relating to changes
in accounting provisions, reconciliation
of relief on fuel or exemption
of recycling process products
April 2003: Analysis of responses to EC
Cogeneration Directive published
The analysis of responses to the UK Governments' consultation on the proposed
EC Cogeneration Directive has just been published. For full details, including
details of specific aspects of the proposed Directive, visit the website
7 April 2003: DGCG Annual Report published
The latest details on work undertaken by the Distributed Generation Coordination
Group has been published in their annual report. This report contains information
on work undertaken by the various Technical Steering Groups, including one
on Microgeneration.
The publication of the report is accompanied by a joint DTI and Ofgem press
release
3 April 2003: £18 million of government
support for green power plants
The Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, today announced £18 million of grant
support for green power plants. Funding released from the Government's Bioenergy
Capital Grants Scheme is to support biomass fuelled power projects in Staffordshire,
Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon. For full details, visit the DTI website
3 April 2003: £2 million grant award
for green power in Northern Ireland
The Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, today announced Government support for
a timber company to build a green heat and power plant. Balcas Limited has
been awarded £2 million from the DTI's Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme
to construct a combined heat and power generator for their sawmill in Enniskillen.
For full details, visit the DTI website
3 - 4 April 2003: Cogeneration potential
in SE Asia outlined by COGEN 3
As part of the Cogen Europe Annual Conference, there will be a presentation
from COGEN 3 outlining the opportunities for CHP in south-east Asia, with
particular reference to 100 projects that have already been identified. For
full details, including details of expert advice available at the event, visit
the Cogen Europe website
March 2003: Climate Change Levy exemption
approved
The Government confirmed that the Climate Change Levy exemption applied to
good quality CHP will come into force on 1 April. For full details of the
Statutory Instrument no. 604, visit the HM Stationery Office website.
Technical Briefing Note 18 has now also been published
providing the supporting guidance to the policy instrument
March 2003: Ofgem requests network active
management in open letter to DNO's
Ofgem have sent an open letter to the Chief Executives of all Distributed
Network Operators, outlining that these networks must be more actively managed
and controlled - this is deemed necessary as the capacity of distributed generation
increases. For full details, including how this will aid the Government's
progress tpowards its Kyoto 2010 targets, download
the letter and accompanying document (PDF Adobe - 128 kB).
March 2003: Sustainable Energy Bill published
The Sustainable Energy Bill has been published and is available from www.parliament.uk.
The Bill, forwarded by Milton Keynes MP Brian White, looks to establish longer
term targets for renewables, energy efficiency and CHP as well as other positive
measures for CHP. Click
to see full debate.
24 March 2003: Climate Change Levy presentation
Following the recent exemption of CHP from the Climate Change Levy, the CHPA
held a briefing for its members, outlining the the reasons for the changes,
and the structure within which the new regulations will operate. For full
details, download the HM
Customs and Excise and Ofgem
presentations.
20 March 2003: Aberdeen to benefit from
CHP and district energy
A pioneering scheme taking place in Aberdeen which will provide CHP generated
electricity and heat to tower block accomodation has been approved. The scheme,
with support from the Scottish Executive in the form of a Community Energy
programme grant, is part of an initiative to provide energy services in Aberdeen
through a not-for-profit company. For full details, visit the Cogen Europe
website or
the Aberdeen City Council case
study
12 March 2003: WWF outlines possible problems
with EU Climate Directive
The WWF has suggested that legislation underlying the EU Climate Directive
may contribute to the increase of greenhouse gas emissions, due to the lobbying
efforts of industry groups. These amendments would not safeguard the acceptable
standards of cogeneration, which could lead to increasing emissions. For full
details, visit the WWF website
12 March 2003: DTI Gives consent to expansion
of Hythe CHP
The Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, gave permission for the Polimeri CHP plant
in Hythe, Hampshire to increase its capacity. For full details, visit the
DTI website
4 March 2003: OFREG publish new guidelines
outlining steps to increase competition
Northern Ireland's Electricity Regulator today outlined steps to increasing
competition in Northern Ireland's electricity market. Great emphasis was put
upon the fact that green electricity generation such as combined heat and
power must not suffer as a result of these changes. For full details, visit
the OFREG website
February 2003: Questions on CHP tabled
in House of Commons
Several questions on incentives for CHP were tabled in the Houses of Parliament.
For full details, see the written replies on incentives
for investment and support for establishment of micro-CHP
on the Houses of Parliament website.
25 February 2003: DTI provide £5m for biomass
CHP
The DTI has today awarded a grant of £5m for the installation of a wood-fired
CHP generator at paper manufacturer Arjo Wiggins in Fort William. The money
has been allocated for the project from the Department for Trade and Industry's
(DTI) Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme. For full details go to the DTI website
24 February 2003: Energy White Paper
The Government's long-awaited Energy White Paper has been published today.
The Paper, along with several supplementary reports, are all available to
download from the DTI's website.
The Government's press release can be accessed here.
The House of Lords conducted a debate following the White Paper's announcement,
available at the Hansard
website.
5 February 2003 : Results of latest round
of Community Energy Programme announced
The Energy Saving Trust today announced the successful applicants to the latest
round of the Government's Community Energy Programme. The range of organisations
benefiting from the support, from NHS Health Trusts to mixed usage schemes
incorporating civic buildings and residential properties illustrates the impact
that the programme is beginning to have across the public sector. For full
details, please visit the EST website
January 2003: CIBSE CHP Course
CIBSE are hosting a one-day workshop covering the concepts behind CHP in buildings
on Thursday 6 March 2003. Further details available on the following flyer,
in MS Word.
January 2003 : Community Heating Training
Courses
Two day accredited training courses are being held in London, Manchester and
Edinburgh in February and March covering Community Heating projects and CHP.
This training course is run by BRE’s Sustainable Energy Centre (BRESEC) as
part of the Government’s Community Energy programme. Download details from
the following PDF brochure
January 2003 : Potential CHP benefits still
on hold in US
Despite the progress made in the CHP sector within the US energy market in
the last five years, a recent report suggests that key obstacles still remain
that prevent the technology realising its full potential. For full details,
please visit the ACEEE website
January 2003 : Ofgem publish new CHP database
Ofgem have published the new data on CHP sites in the UK. Click
to download the database.
28 January 2003 : Carbon as a Commodity
- The UK and International Perspectives
The UK Business Council for Sustainable Energy held a seminar looking at carbon
as a commodity in the emerging energy trading markets. The event, being held
at Church House on 28 January, is a collaboration with Trade Partners UK and
the Climate Change Projects Office. For further details, visit the event programme
27 January 2003 : European Cogeneration
Review launched
Cogen Europe, the European CHP Association, has today launched its publication
"The European Cogeneration Review - 2003". The 2003 review looks at the current
situation, development and prospects of the European CHP markets and will
be published over the next six months on a country by country basis. For further
details, visit the Cogen Europe
website
23 January 2003 : CHP into 2003 - CHPA
Members Briefing
The CHPA's Director, David Green, today looked forward to the coming year
and the challenges ahead. Click
to download the presentation (Powerpoint - 48 kB).
16 January 2003 : DTI announce timetable
for the introduction of BETTA
The DTI have announced their intention to have British-wide trading and transmission
arrangements for in place by April 2005, in order that the benefits may be
quickly realised. For full details, visit the DTI press
release
13 January 2003 : Ofgem issues challenges
to electricity network operators
Ofgem has today issued the electricity network operators with the challenge
of 'rewiring' Britain, to aid progress towards the Government's Climate Change
Programme targets. For full details, visit the Ofgem press
release
4 January 2003 : EU Energy Performance
of Buildings Directive published
The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive was published today in the
European Journal. The Directive provides a significant and realistic opportunity
to substantially reduce energy use in buildings, which accounts for nearly
50% of all UK CO2 emissions. For full details, visit the BRE website
or download the Journal
document (PDF - 127 kB).
December 2002 : CHP Commitment Report
The CHPA have recently published a report undertaken by consultant's Campbell
Carr looking at the prospects and costs associated with establishing a CHP
Commitment, a mechanism outlined in the Utilities Act 2000. The whole report,
entitled A CHP Commitment: The Case for a Market-Based Mechanism to Deliver
the Government's CHP Target is downloadable (430kb) in Adobe Acrobat from
here
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