Combined heat and power quality assurance (CHPQA) standard
CHPQA methodology, definitions, QI thresholds, and criteria for Good Quality certification.
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罢丑别听CHPQA聽Standard sets out the聽CHPQA聽methodology, definitions, QI thresholds, and criteria for 鈥楪ood Quality鈥� CHP certification.
It specifies different Quality Index (QI) formulae for the purposes of determining Good Quality CHP certification and eligibility for benefits other than those from the Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference.
皇冠体育app Standard should be read in conjunction with the supporting聽CHPQA聽Guidance Notes, which provide detailed information on how this Standard will be interpreted by government departments and agencies, as well as guidance on compliance with this Standard.
皇冠体育app Standard should be subject to minimum change; developments in the application of the Standard will, whenever possible, be reflected in changes in the Guidance Notes.
皇冠体育app Standard does not address issues relating to the use of聽CHPQA聽for determining eligibility for fiscal benefits. For these matters, reference should be made to the聽CHPQA聽Guidance Notes and, where necessary, the appropriate government department.
CHPQA聽Standard 鈥� Issue 7 (December 2018)
CHPQA聽Standard Issue 7 applies to CHP schemes that have entered into a Contract for Difference (CfD).聽 Schemes should refer to 聽 (Issue 7) when applying CHPQA聽 Standard Issue 7.
CHPQA聽Standard - Issue 6 (September 2016)
CHPQA聽Standard Issue 6 first applied to the 2017 certification of new Schemes based, as appropriate, on the design or operational data for the year commencing 1 January 2016.
CHPQA聽Standard - Issue 5 (November 2013)
CHPQA Standard Issue 5 first applied to the 2015 certification of new Schemes based, as appropriate, on the design or operational data for the year commencing 1 January 2014.
奥丑颈肠丑听CHPQA聽Standard Quality Index formulae to use
- CHPQA Standard Issue 7 applies to any CHP scheme in respect of which a CfD contract is entered into on or after the publication of Issue 7 of GN44
- CHPQA Standard Issue 6 applies to New CHP聽schemes commenced operation from 1 January 2016
- CHPQA Standard Issue 5 applies to all CHP聽schemes that received聽CHPQA聽certification prior to 1 January 2016
CHPQA聽Standard 鈥� Issue 8: March 2021 (expired and removed)
CHPQA聽Standard Issue 8 easement only applied for certification in 2021 in respect of 2020 year of operation due to COVID.
Updates to this page
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Added CHPQA Standard Issue 5 which applies to schemes that were first certified before 2017.
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CHPQA Standard Issue 8, March 2021 added.
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CHPQA Standard Issue 7 published.
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皇冠体育app CHPQA Standard Document - Issue 6 is published.
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First published.