[F1 SCHEDULE A1AGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION CRITERIA FOR SOLID AND GASEOUS BIOMASS

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

PART 4 Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass

Biomass	Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass (in grams)
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest	1
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest	25
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest	4
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest	28
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	2
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	20
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	17
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	35
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	4
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	22
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	22
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—	40
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and (b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest	41
Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest	50
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest	46
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest	57
Wheat straw	2
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by wood	17
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by natural gas	35
Bagasse bales	20
Palm kernel	27
Rice husk briquettes	28
Miscanthus bales	7
Biogas produced from wet manure	8
Biogas produced from dry manure	7
Biogas produced from wheat, where the whole plant was used to produce the biogas	21
Biogas produced from straw	21
Biogas produced from maize, where—	34
(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas; and (b) the maize was not grown by organic farming methods
Biogas produced from maize, where—	19
(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas; and (b) the maize was grown by organic farming methods]