Large Combustion Plant Directive
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Directive
The directive applied to fossil-fuel power stations, and other large thermal plants such as petroleum refineries and steelworks. The directive specified emission limits for sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and dust. The directive was issued in October 2001. It replaced the earlier EEC directive on large combustion plants, 88/609/EEC, issued in November 1988.
Under the terms of the directive, combustion plants built after 1987 had to comply with specific emissions limits. From 2007, plants built earlier than that could either opt to comply with the emissions limits, or "opt out". Plants which had opted out were limited to a maximum of 20,000 hours of further operation, and had to close completely by the end of 2015. Across Europe, 205 plants have opted out, with Britain having the largest proportion of opted-out plants in terms of total capacity.
The Large Combustion Plant Directive was superseded by the Industrial Emissions Directive on 1 January 2016.
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UK opted-out plants
The nine opted-out generating stations supplying the National Grid were:
Opted-out plants exist at four other sites; however, only certain plants at these sites opted-out.