Air quality and biomass installations

About the report

Biomass boilers will form a part of the future energy mix in urban areas, including Greater London. However, the demand for sustainable energy and the need to maintain and/or improve air quality in the same areas needs to be balanced to ensure London becomes a truly sustainable city in the future.

This document is designed to assist local authority officers, specifying or reviewing biomass boiler proposals in London Boroughs, with understanding the process of assessing the impact of individual or multiple boilers on air quality.

Section 1 provides the technical and policy context to biomass installations and air quality concerns, and will be relevant to several departments within your local authority. Section 2 explains what is required to comply with the latest air quality legislation and how biomass installations should be assessed in relation to air quality.

This guidance is for biomass boiler installations <20MW, regulated by the Clean Air Act. Larger plant, and smaller plant that burn waste wood, are regulated under the Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) regime and is outside the remit of this document.

Published March 2011
Pages 8

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