EU Commission approves EEG levy exemption for CHP

The #EU Commission has approved the partial exemption for the year 2018 from the #EEG levy for the #own supply of electricity from cogeneration plants (in short: CHP). Electricity generated in a #CHP plant and consumed by the operator himself in close proximity to the #generation plant is therefore only 40 % of the EEG levy. It is to be welcomed that the Commission has approved an exemption for the cogeneration plant, but the exemption is only to be criticised for 2018, as this does not provide investment security and the necessary expansion is not achieved.