Mar 07 2021 Read 298 Times
The European Union (EU) have introduced tougher restrictions on large combustion plants with the implementation of their new BREF guidance this year. The reference document was published in August 2017 and tightened controls regarding the emissions of dust, nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2), mercury, particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (though only regarding gas-fired plants for CO).
With large combustion plants having four years to bring their operations up to speed and equip them with the requisite technologies to achieve compliance, the BREF requirements will become legally binding from August this year. That means that implicated parties have just over four months to ensure that they have the right monitoring mechanisms in place to ensure they do not exceed thresholds and incur fines as a result.
Mar 13 2021 Read 159 Times
The industrial sector is responsible for a significant proportion of harmful emissions across Europe. But while there are many hundreds of thousands of combustion plants across the EU, they are not all created equal. For example, there is a substantial difference between medium combustion plants (MCPs) and large combustion plants (LCPs).
Because of these differences, the two entities are treated separately, with their own bespoke piece of legislation regulating their emissions. But how exactly are these definitions arrived at? This informative article should tell you everything you need to know regarding the differences between MCPs and LCPs, as well as the relevant directives which govern both and how this is expected to affect their environmental footprint going forwards.
Mar 10 2021 Read 147 Times
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