Eligible installations which are new solid biomass CHP systems
13.—(1) This regulation applies if the plant is a CHP system which complies with the requirements in paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) The requirement in this paragraph is that the CHP system is certified under CHPQA.
(3) The requirements in this paragraph are that the CHP system generates heat and power from solid biomass (excluding solid biomass contained in waste) alone or in combination with any other source of energy provided that the combustion unit in which that solid biomass is burned—
(a)is first commissioned as part of a CHP system on or after 4th December 2013;
(b)was new at the time of installation;
(c)except in relation to the use of solid biomass contaminated with fossil fuel, is a separate combustion unit from that in which any other fuel is burned; and
(d)complies with the requirements in regulation 5(1)(c)(i) and (ii).
(4) The requirements in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) are deemed to be satisfied where the combustion unit was previously supplying energy for the generation of power only and the plant to which it supplies energy is first commissioned as a CHP system on or after 4th December 2013.