The Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD, 2001/80/EC) is a European Union directive which required member states of the European Union to legislatively limit flue gas emissions from combustion plant having thermal capacity of 50 MW or greater.
The directive applied to fossil-fuel power stations, and other large thermal plant such as petroleum refineries and steelworks.
It replaced the earlier EEC directive on large combustion plants, 88/609/EEC, issued in November 1988.
[3] Under the terms of the directive, combustion plant built after 1987 had to comply with specific emissions limits.
[4] Plant which opted out were limited to a maximum of 20,000 hours of further operation, and had to close completely by the end of 2015.