Notification and proof of combustion plant registration

If you operate a medium-sized combustion, gas turbine or internal combustion engine installation, you must notify the competent authority.

As the operator of a combustion plant with a rated thermal input of at least 1 MW and less than 50 MW, you are obliged under the Ordinance on Medium-Sized Combustion, Gas Turbine and Internal Combustion Engine Plants (44th BImSchV) to notify the competent authority of the operation of such a combustion plant. It should be noted that the operation of a newly constructed combustion plant must be notified to the competent authority before commissioning and the operation of an existing combustion plant by December 1, 2023 using an electronic form sent by email. The competent authority checks the information and enters the combustion plant in the Hesse-wide plant register.

In Hesse, the regional councils of Darmstadt, Giessen and Kassel are the responsible authorities.
The exact responsibility depends on the location of the plant - you can find an overview of the respective contact persons here

Completely filled out notification form - here you need plant data, among other things:

1. Thermal input of the combustion plant (in megawatts);
2. Type of combustion plant (diesel engine, gas turbine, dual-fuel engine, other engine, other combustion plant);
3. Type of fuel used and respective share of total energy input;
4. date of commissioning of the combustion plant;
5. the NACE code to which the other activity is assigned
6. the estimated number of annual operating hours of the combustion plant and the average operating load;
7. if a scheme for installations with few operating hours is used: a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will not be in operation for more than the number of hours referred to in those paragraphs;
8. if an emergency operation scheme is used: a declaration signed by the operator stating that the combustion plant will only operate in an emergency;
9. Name and registered office of the operator and location of the installation with address;
10. Geo-coordinates of the chimney and height above ground.

The notification form to be used can be found under Downloads on this homepage:

This administrative service does not constitute an administrative act. For this reason, there is no legal remedy.

The completed notification form must be submitted electronically by e-mail to the competent authority.

The notification must be submitted before commissioning a new system. The operation of an existing installation must be notified by December 1, 2023.

There are no costs.