The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009

[F1Interpretation

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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—

(a)

in relation to bioliquid described in the first column of Part A or Part B of Annex V to the Renewables Directive—

(i)

the percentage (if any) which corresponds to that description in the third column of Part A or Part B of that Annex; or

(ii)

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;

(b)

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;

“disaggregated default values for cultivation” means the figures in the third column of the table entitled “Disaggregated default values for cultivation: ‘eec’ as defined in part C of this Annex” in Part D of Annex V to the Renewables Directive;

“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

“relevant percentage” means—

(a)

in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017, 35%;

(b)

in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity during 2017, 50%;

(c)

in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing bioliquid before 1st January 2017 and used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018, 50%;

(d)

in all other cases, 60%.]

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