Opportunities for Flemish CHP after discontinuation of nuclear power stations

Approximately 22 % of the Combined Heat and Power ( CHP ) capacity in Flanders is installed in nursery gardening . The sector has been for the most part responsible for for the growth in install electrical capacity in late years . In 2021 , it totaled 2.6 GWe and report for almost 23 % of all electricity generated in Flanders .

Recently , though , political determination have been made that have touch CHP flora working with fossil fuels . The late CHP Roadmap focuses on this , as well as on newfangled chance for CHP plants .

Phasing out fossilIn November 2021 , the Flemish government determine to accelerate the phasing out of certificate support for new or substantially qualify fossil fuel CHP installations . task with a start date of January 1 , 2023 , can no longer utilise for support compared to the initially planned date of January 1 , 2030 . Moreover , in December 2022 , in light of the energy crisis , the Flemish Parliament approved the introduction of an annual update of the banding factor for CHP plants , with a commencement day of the month of January 1 , 2013 . At the bit , it is still unclear what the effect will be on the willingness to gift in the longer term , accord to COGEN Vlaanderen .

Every two years , COGEN Vlaanderen release a CHP Roadmap . Among other thing , the text file ply sixth sense into technological and legislative requirements in Flanders and how companies can get the most out of their CHP projects .

ImbalanceAt the destruction of 2025 , nuclear power plants in Belgium will be close down . To ensure the surety of the electrical energy supply in Belgium even after the closure of these plant , the Union regime has developed a recompense mechanism . That mechanics - Capacity Remuneration Mechanism ( CRM ) - grants compensation to those wheeler dealer that make their generation capacity available to cover dissymmetry in the electricity electronic internet .

This remuneration is allocated on the ground of an auction , with power producers compete to make their electrical capacity usable at the miserable monetary value . The CRM is engineering - neutral , so any engineering that generates electrical energy is eligible . Not only gas power plants but also biogas CHP plants can participate in the auction bridge .

" The CRM insure that all technologies , with existing or new generation capacity , requirement - side direction , and storehouse , as well as large and small plant , can participate in the auction , " say Tinnen Van Der Straeten , the Union energy minister . " CHP quickness take on an important purpose in insure the Department of Energy provision . In the new CRM auctions , CHP plant ( which no longer benefit from other operating subsidies ) will therefore be even better valorized . "

Supplement to stir up pumpsCOGEN Vlaanderen is acute to boost the cooperation between cogeneration and heat pumps . A major concern with the massive changeover from innate gas kettle to ignite pumps is the great pressure this arrange on the electrical system . If it is very cold alfresco , all those heat pump are then work on at the same time and at full power to meet the high temperature need , which set a high pressure on both the grid and mightiness generation . CHP can provide a useful addition here . If it is cold , CHP will not only provide some of the heat but also powerfulness that can then be used in those heat pumps . This is also done locally so that not only the yield but also the storage-battery grid is less heavy-laden .