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• Understanding your legal obligations 

  The Combustion Engineering Association’s (CEA) activities continue to expand and grow, and for over 82 years the CEA has been providing information and education on how to improve the understanding and development of the combustion industry. The forthcoming conference on 17th November, explaining the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD), is just one example of the numerous education programmes it organises. PWE takes a closer look at this important industry association.

• New rules for boilers and engines – ‘Medium Combustion Plant Directive’ 

• The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD)  

  The CEA reports one of the single most important directives for many years in the combustion industry is about to become EU law and will soon be transposed into UK law. Owners or operators of any combustion plant with a thermal input of between 1MW and 50MW will be affected. This means anyone with a boiler generating around 1.5 tonnes of steam or more, or using a CHP or diesel generator of around 500kVA or more, will need to know about this directive. There are estimated to be at least 15,000 such plants in the UK alone.

• Are you affected by the Medium combustion Plant Directive? 

  Anybody running combustion plant from 1- 50MWth Input is very likely to be affected by the Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCP) from the European Union. David Kilpatrick director of the Combustion Engineering Association and council member Paul Whitehead talk to PWE about the implications for industry in the UK.

• Better life energy 

  PWE spoke to Phil Kemp, general manager at SAACKE Combustion Services Ltd, which is celebrating its 60^th year of business in the UK, to discuss the importance of low NOx combustion, the future of Hydrogen Boilers within UK manufacturing, and the importance of servicing combustion equipment.