# The Pollution Prevention and Control (Industrial Emissions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013, Paragraph 14: Cost-benefit analysis


Paragraphs 6 to 11 shall not apply to individual installations:
(1) which do not form part of a district cooling network; and
(2) with any of the following—
(a) available waste heat of 100 kilowatts or less;
(b) available waste heat,
(i) greater than 100 kilowatts as hot water or steam, where there is no hot water heat demand greater than 100 kilowatts within the search radius from the source installation as set out in the table below, located within the connection distance from the centre of the source installation; or
(ii) greater than 500 kilowatts as steam, where there is no steam-based heat demand greater than 500 kilowatts and no water heat demand greater than 100 kilowatts within the search radius from the centre of the installation as set out in the table below, located within the connection distance from the centre of the source installation;
(c) a heat demand of—
(i) 100 kilowatts or less for hot water heat demands; or
(ii) 500 kilowatts or less for steam-based heat demands;
(d) a hot water heat demand greater than 100 kilowatts, with no source of available waste heat greater than 100 kilowatts within the search radius from the centre of the installation as set out in the Table, located within the connection distance from the centre of the demand installation; or
(e) a steam-based heat demand greater than 500 kilowatts, with no source of steam-based waste heat greater than 500 kilowatts within the search radius from the centre of the installation as set out in the Table, located within the connection distance from the centre of the demand installation.
Table
Installation type
Thermal capacity (kilowatts (kW) and megawatts (MW))
Search radius (km)
(measured from centre of the installation)
Hot water demand
>100kW and <3.9 MW
0.0038 x H, where H = thermal capacity in kW
≥3.9MW
15
Steam demand
>500kW and <12.5 MW
0.0012 x H, where H = thermal capacity in kW
≥12.5 MW
15
Waste heat source (hot water or steam)
>100kW and <3.9 MW
0.0038 x H, where H = thermal capacity in kW
≥3.9MW
15

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/160/schedule/13A/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pollution-prevention-and-control-industrial-emissions-regulations-northern-ireland-2013/schedule-13A/paragraph-14
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