Standard Operating Procedures technology transfer

In conducting technology transfer, most companies work to a standard operating procedure (SOP). The basic content of such an SOP may include some of the following ... 

A transfer provision was initially drafted for new plants which had been built to replace old plants. If the operators complied with the requirement of the three-month (without any further examination) to the two-year period (if the respective verifications could be provided) from the closure of the old plant and the opening of the new plant, the allocation to the old plants would be transferred to the new plants without restrictions, provided that the new plants produced comparable products. In addition to the transfer rule - which was considered as a standard - there should be a rule that provides additional new plants (as well as plant expansions) a free allocation on the basis of the planned capacity use and an emission benchmark. The emission benchmark should be orientated towards BAT procedure. Above all, it should not be differentiated by fuel or technologies. As far as electricity production is concerned, a benchmark orientated towards a modern natural gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant (365 g CCh/kWh) was scheduled. The allocation calculated in this way should be subject to an ex-post adjustment in the course of the following years. Thus, a special procedure was scheduled for CHP plants. The allocation should be determined with the help of the benchmark for electricity generation as well as the benchmark for heat generation. 

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