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Textual Amendments
F1Schs. A1, A2 inserted (1.4.2011) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/225), arts. 1, 16 (with art. 19)
1. In this Schedule—
“actual value method” means the calculation method for greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of bioliquids provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 to 18 of Part C of Annex V to the Renewables Directive;
“default percentage” means—
in relation to bioliquid described in the first column of Part A or Part B of Annex V to the Renewables Directive—
the percentage (if any) which corresponds to that description in the third column of Part A or Part B of that Annex; or
where a percentage corresponding to that description is not set out in the third column of Part A or Part B of that Annex, the percentage which complies with the provision corresponding to that description in the second column of Part A or Part B of that Annex;
in all other cases, 0%;
“disaggregated default value” means, in relation to a bioliquid described in the first column of a table in Part D or Part E of Annex V to the Renewables Directive, the value which corresponds to that description in the third column of that table in Part D or Part E of Annex V to the Renewables Directive;
F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuel” means the value given in paragraph 19 of Part C of Annex V to the Renewables Directive as the fossil fuel comparator for bioliquids used for electricity production;
“mixed value method” means the calculation method for greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of bioliquids provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 to 18 of Part C of Annex V to the Renewables Directive, but using one or more disaggregated default values for the bioliquid when carrying out the calculation set out in paragraph 1 of Part C of that Annex; and
[F3“relevant percentage” means—
in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial before 6th October 2015—
35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;
50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017;
in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial on or after 6th October 2015—
35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;
50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017 but before 1st January 2018;
60% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in Sch. A1 para. 1 omitted (1.1.2018) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(a)
F3Words in Sch. A1 para. 1 substituted (1.1.2018) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 10(2)(b)
2. Where bioliquid is used to generate electricity, it meets the greenhouse gas emission criteria if—
(a)the greenhouse gas emissions from its use are lower, by at least the relevant percentage, than the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuel; or
(b)the bioliquid was—
(i)produced by an installation that was producing bioliquid on 23rd January 2008; and
(ii)used to generate electricity before 1st April 2013.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, the percentage difference between the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of the bioliquid and the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuel is—
(a)to be calculated using one of the following methods—
(i)the actual value method; or
(ii)the mixed value method; or
(b)the default percentage.
4. The mixed value method must not be used for the purposes of paragraph 2 unless the bioliquid is described in the first column of a table in Part D or Part E of Annex V to the Renewables Directive.
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. A1 para. 5 omitted (1.1.2018) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 10(3)
[F56. The default percentage must not be used for the purposes of paragraph 2 unless, in relation to the bioliquid, the result of the calculation in paragraph 7 of Part C of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive is equal to, or less than, zero.]]
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. A1 para. 6 substituted (1.1.2018) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 10(4)
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