Guidance

CHPQA guidance note 44: Use of CHPQA in respect of the Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference

Guidance on accessing support measures for the electrical output of renewable combined heat and power (CHP).

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published
1 September 2021
Last updated
26 March 2026 — See all updates

Documents

CHPQA guidance note 44 issue 4: Use of CHPQA to obtain support under the Renewables Obligation - for schemes that were operational and certified prior to 26 July 2012

PDF, 1.07 MB, 15 pages

CHPQA guidance note 44 issue 5: Use of CHPQA to qualify for CfD support for RO schemes certified before 1 January 2016, and not operational before 26 July 2012, and for CfD contracts entered into before issue 6 of this Note

PDF, 1020 KB, 18 pages

CHPQA guidance note 44 issue 6: Use of CHPQA in respect of the RO and CfD for RO schemes not certified before 1 January 2016 and CfD contracts entered into after publication of this Note

PDF, 1.26 MB, 19 pages

CHPQA guidance note 44 issue 7: Use of CHPQA in respect of RO and CfD for RO schemes not certified before 1 January 2016 and CfD contracts entered into after publication of this Note

PDF, 590 KB, 21 pages

Details

This guidance note helps operators of biomass and waste-fueled CHP schemes to:

  • understand the role of the CHPQA GN44 Certificate in accessing support measures for the electrical output of renewable CHP
  • interpret eligibility for renewables obligation certificates (ROCs) under specific circumstances, such as waste fuel use
  • determine the Qualifying Power Output (QPO) if their biomass or waste-fueled scheme fails the Quality Index (QI) threshold when using the QI formulae shown in GN44

The various issues relate to varying periods.

Updates to this page

Published 1 September 2021
Last updated 26 March 2026 + show all updates

  1. Updated 2026 to align with the CHPQA Portal now hosted on GOV.UK.

  2. First published.

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