New Medium Combustion Plant Directive affects over 30,000 plants
This year’s Air Quality & Emissions Show, AQE 2018, will focus heavily on the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), which will come into force on 20th December 2018. AQE Organiser Marcus Pattison says: “This new regulation will affect an enormous number of processes, so it is vitally important that they are fully aware of the requirements and how to implement them.
“Visitors to the first day of the AQE 2018 Conference (Telford, 21st November) will be provided with detailed information on the MCPD, and the accompanying workshops and exhibition will enable them to appraise the monitoring requirements that will be appropriate to their business.”
The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) applies to generators and plants between 1 and 50 MW (net rated thermal input) and an impact assessment has estimated that between 30,000 and 35,000 of these plants are currently operating in the UK. The introduction of the MCPD was supported by the UK, and it was transposed into UK law in January 2018.
From 20th December 2018 new plants will need to be registered or have obtained a permit and comply with emission limit values (ELVs) for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and dust. The ELVs to be applied are dependent on plant, fuel type and size. Existing plants (i.e. those which were in operation before 20th December 2018) must be registered or have obtained a permit. They must comply with the requirements from 2024 or 2029, depending mostly on size, with the aim of full implementation by 2030.
The Conference programme covering the MCPD has been organised by the Source Testing Association, and will include speakers from the Environment Agency, Uniper, Viridor and the Combustion Engineers Association.
About AQE AQE 2018 will be the 10th in a series of Air Quality & Emissions events focusing on industrial emissions to air and ambient air quality. Comprised of conferences, seminars, workshops and an international exhibition, the event provides an update on the latest regulations, standards, methods and technologies that relate to the testing and monitoring of emissions and air quality. Speakers and delegates come from all over the world to share their knowledge and experience, and typically come from regulated businesses, regulators, academia, consultancies, certification organisations, analytical service providers.
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