by westoncompliance | Feb 14, 2025 | Electrical Power, Environment Agency, HMSO, Permits and Licences, Pollution, Power Generation, UK
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers in sections 2 and 7(9) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”).In accordance with section 2(4) of the 1999 Act, the Secretary of State has...
by westoncompliance | Mar 20, 2024 | Combustion Plant, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) has made several updates to this form used to apply for a low-risk medium combustion plant or a low-risk specified generator standard rules permit. The updates include: The plant list column AG now always appears rather than being...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Combustion Plant, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
If you operate a medium combustion plant (MCP) or a generator, this guidance allows you to find out if you need to meet MCP and/or specified generator regulations. The following change has been made: – The Environment Agency (EA) have clarified when you need to vary...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Combustion Plant, Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance allows you to find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements. The following updates have been made: – ‘When a MCP is classed as new or...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Combustion Plant, Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Power Generation, UK
The monitoring, record keeping and reporting you must do and how you’ll be regulated. The following updates have been made: – ‘Monitoring requirements’: For low risk standard rule permits and simple bespoke permits use the ‘Monitoring stack emissions: low risk...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Combustion Plant, Conservation, Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Habitat, Marine, Onshore, Power Generation
The guidance provides information on when the MCP is exempt from meeting emission limit values (ELVs), which ELVs apply and the deadlines for meeting them. The following updates have been made: – ‘ELV to use for landfill gas engines’: removed text...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Air Quality, Conservation, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Habitat, Marine, Onshore, Power Generation, UK
This guidance provides information on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators. The following updates have been made: – ‘Air emissions risk assessment’: clarified that the specified generator tool can also be used for Tranche...
by westoncompliance | Apr 13, 2023 | Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance provides information on the types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit. The following changes have been made: – ‘Charges for standard rules permits’: added about charges where the plant...
by westoncompliance | Mar 24, 2023 | Crown Estate Scotland, Environment, Offshore Installation, Offshore wind, Power Generation, Renewables, Technology
Crown Estate Scotland has announced the results of the world’s first leasing round designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply offshore oil and gas platforms. INTOG (Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas) leasing aims to attract investment...
by westoncompliance | Mar 22, 2023 | Air Quality, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance provides information on how to do detailed air quality modelling for specified generators. The following changes have been made: – Added table of minimum screening distances to protected habitats for simple bespoke permits. – Added guidance...
by westoncompliance | Mar 22, 2023 | Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation
This guidance tells you the types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit. The following updates have been made: – Updated reference to ‘Monitoring stack emissions’ and contact email address for issues with the...
by westoncompliance | Feb 21, 2023 | Air Quality, CO2, Combustion Plant, Consultation, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Power Generation, UK
Between November 2022 and January 2023, Defra sought views on proposals to change standard rules permits for medium combustion plant and specified generators. The consultation response has now been published. Read more… Source: Defra.
by westoncompliance | Jan 25, 2023 | Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Power Generation, UK
This guidance provides the emission limit values (ELVs) and air quality standards specified generators must meet, including the deadlines for complying. It has been updated to state that operators must keep records of the effective continuous operation of secondary...
by westoncompliance | Jan 19, 2023 | Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance provides information on the types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit. The following change has been made: – Removed the link to the online application services as people must use the application...
by westoncompliance | Nov 3, 2022 | Air Quality, CO2, Combustion Plant, Consultation, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Power Generation, UK
The Environment Agency (EA) is currently seeking views on proposals to change standard rules permits for medium combustion plant and specified generators. The purpose of this consultation is to introduce changes associated with the implementation of the Medium...
by westoncompliance | Sep 28, 2022 | Air Quality, Climate Change, Defra, Emissions, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation
This guidance allows you to find out if and by when you need to apply for a specified generator environmental permit to meet air quality requirements. The following update has been made: – Corrected criteria under Qualifying for Tranche A – between 1MWth and...
by westoncompliance | Mar 10, 2022 | Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance details the types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit. The following changes have been made: – ‘After you apply’ section expanded to give examples of insufficient information being...
by westoncompliance | Mar 10, 2022 | Combustion Plant, Defra, Environment, Environment Agency, Onshore, Permits and Licences, Power Generation, UK
This guidance details types of permit available, how much they cost and how to apply for your environmental permit. Updated the ‘After you apply’ section to give examples of insufficient information being provided. Updated how to get advice before applying...
by westoncompliance | Aug 24, 2020 | Electrical, Electrification, Emissions, Environment, Greenhouse Gases, NSTA, Offshore Installation, OGA, Power Generation, UK
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has hosted the first of a series of workshops on offshore power generation integration intended to bring the oil and gas industry and windfarm power industry together to seek practical ways of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Read...
by westoncompliance | Aug 20, 2019 | Consultation, Environment, Power Generation, UK
The Environment Agency have published their summary of consultation responses and decisions relating to the consultation they held between April and June 2019. The consultation sought views on the EA’s proposal to revise standard rules sets for medium combustion...
