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Qualifying Combined Heat and Power (CHP) activity

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  • Aviel Verbruggen

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The EU 2002 draft and 2004 final CHP Directives propose qualifying CHP activity with the quality norm. This norm benchmarks the energy efficiency of CHP plant outputs on external reference power and heat efficiencies. Because the quality norm amalgamates cogeneration and condensing activity its application entails particular perverse effects for high-quality and adapted scale investment in CHP capacities and for operating available units. Operators get incentives to part-load or shut down their capacities and to avoid condensing activity (lucrative at spiky price conditions in the power market). The formula of the quality norm is only useful when CHP activity (heat recovery, cogenerated electricity, fuel consumption for cogeneration) is first quantified reliably.

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  • Aviel Verbruggen, 2007. "Qualifying Combined Heat and Power (CHP) activity," International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(1), pages 36-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetpo:v:5:y:2007:i:1:p:36-52
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    1. Ye, Xuemin & Li, Chunxi, 2013. "A novel evaluation of heat-electricity cost allocation in cogenerations based on entropy change method," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 290-295.
    2. Ommen, Torben & Thorsen, Jan Eric & Markussen, Wiebke Brix & Elmegaard, Brian, 2017. "Performance of ultra low temperature district heating systems with utility plant and booster heat pumps," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 544-555.
    3. Verbruggen, Aviel & Dewallef, Pierre & Quoilin, Sylvain & Wiggin, Michael, 2013. "Unveiling the mystery of Combined Heat & Power (cogeneration)," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 575-582.
    4. Verbruggen, Aviel, 2008. "The merit of cogeneration: Measuring and rewarding performance," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(8), pages 3059-3066, August.

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