Regulation 5 Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass

(1)

This regulation applies if the plant complies with all of the following requirements—

(a)

it generates heat from solid biomass, excluding solid biomass contained in waste;

(b)

in the case of a plant with an installation capacity of 45kWth or less, the plant meets the requirements in regulation 18;

(c)

in the case of a plant for which an application for accreditation is made on or after 24th September 2013—

(i)

an environmental permit subsists in relation to that plant, or

(ii)

an RHI emission certificate applies to that plant.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(c) does not apply to plants in respect of which preliminary accreditation has been granted before 24th September 2013 (and such preliminary accreditation has not been withdrawn).

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation, an RHI emission certificate applies to a plant (A) if the information in that certificate is based on testing—

(a)

(b)

a plant of the same make, model and installation capacity as A; or

(c)

any other plant in the same type-testing range as A.