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With climate change and air pollution growing concerns around the world, the EU has introduced regulations aimed at curbing harmful emissions in recent years. With regard to large combustion plants, there are two pieces of legislation in particular which stand out: Best available techniques REFerence documents (BREF) and the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). Despite the fact that the UK has now left the EU, both pieces of legislation are still applicable in Britain.
While both of these documents share the common goal of reducing emissions from the industrial sector, they’re actually very different concepts with different roles to play. Despite this, they have been sometimes used interchangeably in the mainstream media and by external commentators unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the legislation. This has created some confusion in the industry over what the terms mean and how they differ from each other. With that in mind, this guide has been cre
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Author: David Graham on behalf of Uniper Technologies
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The Large Combustion Plant BREF requires existing plants to comply with tougher restrictions on emissions to air that are associated with the application of Best Available Techniques. The BREF also introduces new compliance and monitoring requirements for a wider range of pollutants than considered previously.
The European Union’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) came into force for existing plant on 1 January 2016 [1]. All combustion plant with an aggregated thermal input ≥ 50 MWth must comply with the specified general permitting requirements within the IED and are required to implement Best Available Techniques (BAT) for controlling emissions to air. Medium Combustion Plant