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Government issues instructions on opting out of UK ETS

Published on: 01 July 2021
Published by LNB News

LNB News 01/07/2021

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Issue Date: 01 July 2021

Published Date: 01 July 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued instructions on how to opt out of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) if you are an operator where at least 85% of heat emissions are produced by installations used by or supplied to hospitals or the installation is a small emitter. A small emitter emits less than 25,000 tonnes of CO2 each scheme year and has a total thermal input of 35 megawatts.

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