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SCHEDULE 1E+WGREENHOUSE GAS CRITERIA FOR BIOLIQUID

InterpretationE+W

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 that Annex; ...

F1...

greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fossil fuel” means the value given in paragraph 19 of Part C of Annex 5 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 5 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

[F2relevant 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

F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 omitted (1.1.2018) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a)