Does your energy business require an EASR IA permit in Scotland?

Your business may require an EASR Industrial Activity (IA) permit from SEPA. For example, you will need a permit if your business carries out certain combustion activities or gasification, liquefaction and refining activities.

If your business is an installation, you will need an EASR IA permit from SEPA. An installation is a stationary technical unit, such as a self-contained building, permanent structure or fixed plant, used for activities listed in the regulations.

Energy industrial activities

These are industrial activities that have an impact on the environment and are listed in the EASR regulations.

These activities include:

• combustion or burning of fuels in generators or installations including the operation of medium combustion plant, including:
  • operating a medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input equal to or more than 1MW and less than 50MW
  • combustion of fuels in installations with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more
• thermal treatment including gasification, liquefaction and refining of fuels including oil, gas, coal or coke, including:
  • odorant blending with natural gas or LPG
  • gasification or liquefaction of coal or other fuels
  • production of coke
  • refining mineral oil and gas
  • loading, storage or treatment of crude oil or stabilised crude petroleum
  • purifying, refining or conversion of mineral oil and gas, coke, coal or other fuels
  • thermal treatment of carbon fuels for charcoal or treatment of fuels

Note: If your business operates in the nuclear industry you will likely need a Nuclear industries permit  from SEPA.

What you must do

If your installation carries out listed activities, you will need a permit from SEPA and you will need to comply with the conditions of the permit.

SEPA: Energy

Contact your environmental regulator

If you are unsure whether you are affected by EASR Industrial Activity permits, contact SEPA.

Contact your environmental regulator

How to apply for a permit

SEPA: Make an application
SEPA: Energy

Further information

SEPA: Industrial activities
SEPA: Nuclear industries