Paragraph 1 Interpretation

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—

  1. (a)

     in relation to bioliquid described in the first column of Part A or Part B of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive—

     1. (i)

        the percentage (if any) which corresponds to that description in the third column of Part A or Part B of that Annex, or

     2. (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,

  2. (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;

• “disaggregated default values for cultivation” means the figures in the third column of the table entitled “Disaggregated default values for cultivation: ‘e_ec’ as defined in part C of this Annex” in Part D of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive;

• “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

• “relevant percentage” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017, 35%;

  2. (b)

     in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity during 2017, 50%;

  3. (c)

     in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing bioliquid before 1st January 2017 and used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018, 50%;

  4. (d)

     in all other cases, 60%.