The Renewables Obligation Order 2015

InterpretationE+W

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

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

[F2“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

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)