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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-2/part-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111138359",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass",
  "text": "Biomass\nDefault greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass (in grams)\nWood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest\n1\nWood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest\n25\nWood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest\n4\nWood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest\n28\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood\n2\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas\n20\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood\n17\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas\n35\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood\n4\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas\n22\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood\n22\nWood briquettes or wood pellets—\n(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and\n(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas\n40\nCharcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest\n41\nCharcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest\n50\nCharcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest\n46\nCharcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest\n57\nWheat straw\n2\nBagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by wood\n17\nBagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by natural gas\n35\nBagasse bales\n20\nPalm kernel\n27\nRice husk briquettes\n28\nMiscanthus bales\n7\nBiogas produced from wet manure\n8\nBiogas produced from dry manure\n7\nBiogas produced from wheat, where the whole plant was used to produce the biogas\n21\nBiogas produced from straw\n21\nBiogas produced from maize, where—\n(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas, and\n(b) the maize was not grown by organic farming methods\n34\nBiogas produced from maize, where—\n(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas, and\n(b) the maize was grown by organic farming methods\n19",
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