Regulation 39 Insertion of Schedule 4A

After Schedule 4 (land criteria) insert—

“SCHEDULE 4A

Solid biomass which is wood: Criteria for woodfuel quality

Regulation 47

1.

This Schedule applies to solid biomass (excluding solid biomass contained in waste) which—

(a)

is woodfuel; and

(b)

is used to generate heat in an accredited RHI installation.

2.

All wood pellets must meet the ENplus A1 standard^f1 or an equivalent standard.

3.

All other woodfuel must meet fuel quality standard EN 15234-1: 2011^f2, ISO 9001: 2015^f3 or EN ISO 17225-4: 2014^f4 or an equivalent standard.

4.

All woodfuel must be certified by the Woodsure Certification Scheme^f5 or an equivalent certification scheme as meeting the standard in paragraph 2 or 3.

5.

The certification scheme must provide assurance of the supply chain of the woodfuel.

6.

In this Schedule, “woodfuel” means—

(a)

woodchip;

(b)

logs;

(c)

wood pellets; and

(d)

wood briquettes,

regardless of whether the wood will undergo any other process before burning.”.