CHP Directive
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The Directive on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/62/EEC, officially 2004/8/EC and popularly better known as the 'CHP Directive' is a European Union directive for promoting the use of cogeneration in order to increase the energy efficiency and improve the security of supply. This shall be achieved by creating a framework for promotion and development of high efficiency cogeneration.
The directive entered into force in February 2004. It was scheduled that member states have to adopt the directive by 21 February 2006, however due to delays resulting out of the comitology process, member states now have to adopt the first obligations of the directive by 6 August 2007.
The directive will have a huge impact on the legislation and the diffusion of CHP and district heating within the member states of the European Union.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Commission page on the CHP Directive
- Plain words summary of directive from the general EU website
- Opinion on questions of law arising from the interpretation of the CHP directive 2004/8/EC
[edit] References
Directive 2004/8/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/62/EEC. Published 2004-02-21 in the Official Journal of the European Communities: L 52/50
