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Dalkia has been selected for seven projects as part of the French government’s third call for tenders for cogeneration plants fired by biomass. The total cumulative electricity capacity will be close to 60 MW. The projects will enable more than 570,000 metric tons of biomass to be recovered annually, mainly in the form of forest [...]
Italian hospitals turn to cogeneration to reduce CO2 emissions Updated 21-12-2009As 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 [...]
Ceres Power begins European market entry Updated 06-11-2009Ceres Power today announced that it has signed an agreement with Bord Gáis Éireann for residential CHP products operating on natural gas for the Irish market and Northern Ireland. This marks the first step for Ceres Power outside the United Kingdom and forms part of the Group’s expansion plans into Europe. Find the press release here. [...]
Baxi Group and De Dietrich Remeha Group have merged into one group. The new group will be called BDR Thermea and will have a leading position in the European heating market. Synergy will be created by the combination of geographic positions, industrial and R&D competences as well as partnerships, increasing the growth opportunity of BDR [...]