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More opportunities for cogeneration in Germany

The German government has published regulations for planned auctions for the country’s combined heat and power plants. The auctions are designated to attract CHP with up to 50 MW in capacity, with 100 MW on offer in the first auction set for December 2017. According to a first draft of the regulation based on last year's reform of the CHP bill (KWKG 2016), the energy ministry plans two auctions each year for 100 MW each time.

Last year's KWKG 2016 bill is set to boost electricity output from CHPs to 110 TWh by 2020 and 120 TWh by 2025 as well as improving support mechanisms for new gas-fired CHP plants.

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