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COGEN Europe and Berlin Energy Agency have teamed up to organise a joint seminar during the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2010 on “Promoting innovative cogeneration in cities”. Beyond Berlin, the experience of several other pilot cities and regions will be presented during a seminar (e.g. Paris, Frankfurt and Riga). Stakeholders such as European Commission, Energie-Cités [...]
Leading scientists propose smarter low carbon future Updated 02-03-2010A report launched today highlights critical challenges in the current ‘all-electric’ approach to decarbonisation of the UK energy system as this would increase our dependence on the electricity system to unprecedented levels. A system that makes greater use of cogeneration and district heating can however mitigate many of the more demanding aspects of the ‘all-electric’ [...]
COGEN Europe is the coordinator of the CODE project. This project monitors the progress of the implementation Cogeneration Directive and reporting requirements by the 27 EU Member States. More information can be found on www.code-project.eu
The CODE project team has finalised the ‘European summary report’ giving the first analysis of Members States’ reporting under the Cogeneration [...]
As the EU continues to encourage industries to expand their use of cogeneration to improve local energy efficiency and air quality, a growing number of hospitals in Italy are doing their part by installing new, onsite cogeneration plants to help reduce their respective carbon footprints. Four hospitals in four Italian cities recently signed contracts to [...]
COGEN Europe is partner in the Smart-A project. This EU co-funded project assesses the overall potential for load-shifting by domestic appliances and compares this with requirements from sustainable energy generation both on the local as well as in larger electricity systems. The Smart-A project is finished and all the results can now be found on [...]
On 20 November the Commission sent a Reasoned Opinion to Portugal, Slovakia, Finland and the United Kingdom for failure to communicate the full transposition of the 2004 Cogeneration Directive. On the eve of the Copenhagen summit COGEN Europe presses the Commission to step up pressure on Member States to take action on the immediate gains [...]
Four countries warned over Cogeneration directive Updated 23-11-2009The European Commission has sent final warnings to Portugal, Slovakia, Finland and the UK for partial implementation of the 2004 Cogeneration Directive. Member States had until 21 February 2006 to transpose the rules into national law. Find the press release of the European Commission here.
UK government adds CHP requirement for new power stations Updated 16-11-2009The merits of recovering waste heat from power stations have been enshrined in new UK government planning policy on the development of power plants, says the UK CHP Association. The details, contained within the National Policy Statements (NPS) issued by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), are said to mark a step forward [...]
New MAN gas/biogas engine for small cogeneration units Updated 11-11-2009German engine manufacturer MAN Diesel has launched a new small gas engine, the E0834 said to be optimally suited for operation with natural gas and biogas, for cogeneration units. The turbocharged, 4-cylinder engine is both small and efficient, says the company, and has an output of 68 kW mechanical at 1500 rpm. The scope for [...]
Dalkia, through its cogeneration subsidiary Cogenco, has installed 20 cogeneration plants across a number of Tesco retail stores in the United Kingdom, with more planned as part of Tesco’s plans to halve carbon emissions from its buildings by 2020. More traditionally associated with large-scale manufacturing and other heavy industrial applications, Dalkia is successfully delivering the [...]