Will the proposed European Energy Efficiency Directive drive a new CHP boom in Europe?

摘要

The EU introduced the CHP Directive in 2004, aiming to stimulate the deployment of high-efficiency CHP and contribute to achieving the European targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (-20%) and energy consumption (-10%) by 20201 . However, the Directive did not induce a major change in national CHP policy in Member States. National policy and market conditions remained dominant in determining the viability of CHP investments, so that market activity was much as before. The share of electricity from CHP remains 11%.