# The Renewables Obligation Order 2015, 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—
(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;
“disaggregated default values for cultivation” means the figures in the third column of the table entitled “Disaggregated default values for cultivation: ‘eec’ 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—
(a) in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017, 35%;
(b) in relation to bioliquid used to generate electricity during 2017, 50%;
(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%;
(d) in all other cases, 60%.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138359/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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