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STUDY TOUR TO FINLAND
24 February 2016
Best Available Techniques (BAT)
Information Exchange Role of SYKE
LCP BREF process Kaj Forsius
Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE
Environmental
permits for the
IED plants
National Laws
in the Member
States
BAT-
information
exchange
Industrial
Emissions
Directive
BAT
Reference
Documents
(BREFs)
Implementation of the Industrial Emissions Directive up into the permits
BAT information exchange is organised through the
BAT network
Finnish BAT Network
Purpose of the network is to contribute to BREFs’
preparation and to enhance cooperation between industry
and authorities
BAT information exchange is carried out by 1) the National
IED group and 2) sector based technical working groups
(TWGs)
SYKE acts as the coordinator and National Focal Point
• Setting up of the national TWGs
• Participating in the IED art 13 forum work, also in some EU TWGs
• Informing on BAT (training, workshops, etc.), updating web sites
• Planning and coordinating R&D projects
• Publishing and in some cases participating in the national BAT
reports
National IED Group
Representatives from:
• Ministries (Environment, Employment
and the Economy)
• Authorities (AVI, ELY)
• SYKE
• Industry
• Environmental NGO
Provides a platform for a dialogue between industry and
administration
• Discusses and forms joint positions on the IED/BAT
issues
• Decides on the significant sectors from the Finnish
point of view
• Dialogue on the implementation issues
Finnish BAT TWGs
Representatives from :
• Authorities (AVI, ELY)
• Industry, Technology suppliers
• SYKE, research institutes, universities
• NGOs
Provides a platform for a dialogue between industry and
administration within specific sectors
Role of the national TWGs
• Chair of the national TWG will be a member of the corresponding
TWG on the EU level
• Commenting on the draft BREFs
• Collecting national background information
• Producing national BAT expert reports
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Current LCP BAT reference document was published in July 2006
Review started officially Spring 2011 with two-three authors
The scope of the LCP BREF will be extended to cover small plants (15-50
MW aggregated units) and different load-modes (e.g. peak loads, base
load)
Also this round the scope will include co-combustion of solid waste and
secondary fuels
Data collection phase has been finalized and 1st draft (D1) issued in 2013
Final meeting in summer 2015, Final draft winter 2016, Forum/Committee
procedure summer/end of 2016 and Publication of the BAT conclusions
thereafter in 2017
Review of the LCP BREF
LCP BAT group is an expert group under environmental
administration preparing the Finnish input to LCP BREF
review process
Chaired by the Ministry of Environment
Members from industry, technology suppliers, environmental
authorities (ministry, permit writers and surveillance) and
environmental NGO
Three TWG members from environmental authority and VTT
Re-established two years before the start of the LCP BREF
review
Work based on voluntary contributions, which are partly
supported by projects
Finnish Energy very active in the process
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Finnish LCP BAT group
Peak and reserve combustion plants
Co-incineration and multi-firing combustion plants
Biomass and Peat
District heat production
Combined heat and power production
Fluidised bed combustion
Gasification
Engines
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Key areas for input to the BREF review
Emissions to the air More strict requirements (BAT-AELs) for; NOx, SO2, dust
New parameters; HCl, HF, Hg, CO (indicative), NH3, N2O
More monitoring requirements
Wastewater discharges BAT-AELs for several parameters (especially waters from flue gas treatment)
More monitoring requirements
Requirements for energy efficiency (BAT-AEEL-levels)
EMS, fuel qualitiy monitoring, waste management, water use
The proposed requirements would require huge investments in Finnish
LCPs More than 80 % of existing biomass/peat boilers need investments to reach
required BAT-AELs
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New requirements in the LCP BREF
National BAT documents
Publications
• www.ymparisto.fi/bat
Environmental management in the production of rock materials (2010)
BEP for metal ore mining (2012, in English & Russian 2013)
BEP for rifle-range activities (2014)
BAT for urban waste water treatment (2013)
BEP for natural stone production (2014)
Nordic BAT work
Recent Publications
Small Breweries 2011
Waste treatment techniques 2012
Solid biofuels 2012
Fish farming 2013
Noise prevention 2015
Chemical treatment of wood 2015
Fish processing
On-going
Odour prevention in industry
Slaughter houses
Shipyards
Documents available at www.norden.org