F1SCHEDULE A1AGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION CRITERIA FOR SOLID AND GASEOUS BIOMASS
PART 2Actual value method
7
In paragraph (6)—
a
is equal towhere—
i
A is the total amount of electricity generated by the generating station during the month; and
ii
F is the energy content of all of the fuels used in generating that electricity during the month;
b
is equal towhere—
i
F has the same meaning as in sub-paragraph (a)(ii); and
ii
H is the energy content of all of the heat supplied to any premises by the generating station during the month; and
c
is equal to—
i
where the maximum temperature in degrees kelvin of heat or steam which is (or may be) supplied by the generating station to any premises (“”) is less than 423 degrees kelvin, 0.3546;
ii
in any other case,; and
d
E is the greenhouse gas emissions from the production of the biomass and is to be calculated in accordance with Part C of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive but as if the following modifications were made to Part C of that Annex:—
i
in paragraph 1—
aa
for “and use of transport fuels, biofuels and bioliquids” there was substituted “of biomass”;
bb
for “E = total emissions from the use of the fuel” there was substituted “E = greenhouse gas emissions from the production of the biomass”; and
cc
for “= emissions from the fuel in use” there was substituted “= zero”;
ii
in paragraph 2, for the references to “fuels” and “fuel” there was substituted in each case “biomass”;
iii
paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted;
iv
in paragraph 7—
aa
for each reference to “biofuel” there was substituted “biomass”; and
bb
the words “or bioliquid” were omitted in each place in which those words occur;
v
in paragraph 11, for “fuel” there was substituted “biomass”;
vi
paragraph 13 was omitted;
vii
in paragraph 14, for “fuel” there was substituted “biomass”;
viii
for paragraph 16 there was substituted—
16
Emission saving from excess electricity from cogeneration shall be taken to be zero.
ix
in paragraph 17, for each reference to “fuel” there was substituted “biomass”;
x
in paragraph 18—
aa
for “fuel” there was substituted “biomass”;
bb
the words “In the case of biofuels and bioliquids,” were omitted;
cc
before “and residues from processing” there was inserted “residues from aquaculture, arboriculture, fisheries and forestry”; and
dd
for “fuels” there was substituted “biomass”; and
xi
for paragraph 19 there was substituted—
19
Where material is added to the biomass to act as a binding agent or to reduce the emissions of dust, carbon dioxide, methane or nitrous oxide from the use of the biomass, the material so added shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, provided that the material so added does not exceed 2% by weight of the biomass.
Sch. A1A inserted (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 16, 17)