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Combined Heat and Power Act.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
2015 (2016)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Act on the conservation, modernization and development of combined heat and power.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Energy
Keyword
Renewable energy Climate change Energy conservation/energy production
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG) promotes power generated in combined heat and power plants (CHP) as well as heating and cooling networks and the respective storage facilities. Its goal is a share of power generated in CHP plants of 25% by 2020. Supporting these plants is one of the measures with which the government wants to save an additional amount of 22 million tonnes of CO2 by 2020. According to Section 34, paragraph 2, ot the afore-mentioned Act, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy will carry out a comprehensive evaluation in 2018 of CHP power generation in consideration of the government’s energy and climate goals, the objectives of the Act, the economic conditions for the operation of CHP plants and the annual CHP surcharges. The text consists of 35 articles divided into 8 Sections.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de