Germany to start emissions-saving scheme next July

  • 12/12/1999

Germany said it will introduce by next July an electricity trading system to encourage the use of relatively clean combined heat and power (CHP) power production. The system would allow the avoidance of 50 million tonnes 9mnt) of carbon dioxide emissions in 2010, up 23 mnt on the level achieved through CHP, also known as cogeneration, in 1998, the environment ministry said.