SCHEDULE 24Efficiency in heating and cooling energy: Energy Efficiency Directive

Installations generating waste heat3

1

An application for the grant of an environmental permit under regulation 13(1) for an installation generating waste heat at a useful temperature level, other than a relevant installation falling within paragraph 2(1), must contain a cost-benefit analysis.

2

The regulator must exercise its relevant functions to ensure that an application for a variation of an environmental permit under regulation 20(1) is made before the energy plant of an installation generating waste heat at a useful temperature level, other than a relevant installation falling within paragraph 2(2), is substantially refurbished.

3

The regulator must ensure that an application for a variation of an environmental permit under sub-paragraph (2) contains (in addition to the information required by paragraph 2(1)(b) of Schedule 5) a cost-benefit analysis.

4

The cost-benefit analysis required by sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) must include an assessment of the cost and benefits of—

a

utilising the waste heat to satisfy economically justified demand, including through cogeneration, and

b

the connection of that installation to a district heating and cooling network.