The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015

Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomassS

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6.  After article 22 (circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from renewable sources) insert—

Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of electricity generated from solid or gaseous biomass

22ZA.(1) This article applies to biomass (other than animal excreta, bioliquid, landfill gas, sewage gas or waste).

(2) No SROCs are to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station from biomass to which this article applies unless—

(a)the generating station has a total installed capacity of less than one megawatt; or

(b)the biomass meets the greenhouse gas emission criteria and the land criteria..