Cogeneration (Directive 2004/8/EC on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC)
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Category: Legislative
Document Type: Eu Directive
Role: Main
Directive 2004/8/EC promoted high efficiency cogeneration based on useful heat demand to enhance energy efficiency and security of supply within the internal energy market, and was later repealed by Directive 2012/27/EU.
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L 52/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 21.2.2004 DIRECTIVE 2004/8/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE energy supplies currently accounting for 50 % of EUROPEAN UNION, requirements and projected to rise to 70 % by 2030 if current trends persists. Import dependency and rising import ratios heighten the risk of interruption to or diffi- Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- culties in supply. However, security of supply should not munity, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, be conceived as merely a question of reducing import dependency and boosting domestic production. Security of supply calls for a wide range of policy initiatives Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), aimed at, inter alia, diversification of sources and technol- ogies and improved international relations. The Green Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Paper emphasised furthermore that security of energy Social Committee (2), supply is essential for a future sustainable development. The Green Paper concludes that the adoption of new measures to reduce energy demand is essential both in Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the terms of reducing the import dependence and in order Regions (3), to limit greenhouse gas emissions. In its Resolution of 15 November 2001 on the Green Paper (6), the Euro- pean Parliament called for incentives to encourage a Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article shift towards efficient energy production plants, 251 of the Treaty (4), including combined heat and power. Whereas: (4) The Commission's Communication ‘A Sustainable Europe for a better world — A European Union Strategy (1) The potential for use of cogeneration as a measure to for Sustainable Development’ presented at the Gothen- save energy is underused in the Community at present. burg European Council on 15 and 16 June 2001 identi- Promotion of high-efficiency cogeneration based on a fied climate change as one of the principal barriers to useful heat demand is a Community priority given the sustainable development and emphasised the need for potential benefits of cogeneration with regard to saving increased use of clean energy and clear action to reduce primary energy, avoiding network losses and reducing energy demand. emissions, in particular of greenhouse gases. In addition, efficient use of energy by cogeneration can also contri- bute positively to the security of energy supply and to the competitive situation of the European Union and its (5) The increased use of cogeneration geared towards Member States. It is therefore necessary to take measures making primary energy savings could constitute an to ensure that the potential is better exploited within the important part of the package of measures needed to framework of the internal energy market. comply with the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and of any policy package to meet further commitments. The
Tags: Climate Change, Co Generation, Electricity, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Supply, Heat, Policy, Power Plant, Regulation
Sector: Energy