The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009

[F1 Interpretation

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;

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—

(a)

in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial before 6th October 2015—

(i)

35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;

(ii)

50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017;

(b)

in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial on or after 6th October 2015—

(i)

35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;

(ii)

50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017 but before 1st January 2018;

(iii)

60% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 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)

F2 Words 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)

F3 Words 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)