{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-27/annex-VIII/part-III/division-7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2012/27",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-27",
  "path": "annex/VIII/part/III/division/7",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "an analysis of the economic potential of different technologies for heating and cooling shall be carried out for the entire national territory by using the cost-benefit analysis referred to in Article 14(3) and shall identify alternative scenarios for more efficient and renewable heating and cooling technologies, distinguishing between energy derived from fossil and renewable sources where applicable.\nThe following technologies should be considered:\n(a) industrial waste heat and cold;\n(b) waste incineration;\n(c) high efficiency cogeneration;\n(d) renewable energy sources (such as geothermal, solar thermal and biomass) other than those used for high efficiency cogeneration;\n(e) heat pumps;\n(f) reducing heat and cold losses from existing district networks;",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/826 of 4 March 2019 amending Annexes VIII and IX to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contents of comprehensive assessments of the potential for efficient heating and cooling."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The analysis of the economic potential should present the volume of energy (in GWh) that can be generated per year by each technology analysed. The limitations and interrelations within the energy system should also be taken into account. The analysis may make use of models based on assumptions representing the operation of common types of technologies or systems."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}