CHP bonus

With the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) in Germany in 2009, the law was expanded to include an additional bonus, the CHP bonus . While the cogeneration of heat and power was already taken into account in the EEG 2004 and paid for separately, system operators can claim a bonus increased by 50% with the recognition of the CHP bonus of the EEG 2009. With the EEG amendment in 2012, the CHP bonus was abolished because the waste heat recovery from biogas plants is now mandatory. Against the background of this obligation, a bonus payment no longer seemed sensible. The bonus was therefore priced into the basic remuneration.

CHP bonus for biogas plants

The cogeneration subsidized systems, which in addition to generating electricity in the combined heat and power plant of the biogas plant, also generate heat for their own use or for feeding into the public district heating network. Since 2009, systems with a further 3 euro cents per kilowatt hour have been favored, whereas previously it was 2 euro cents per kilowatt hour. This innovation applied to both old and new systems that can provide evidence of separate purchase authorization. With the EEG amendment of 2012, the bonus no longer applies.