# The Renewables Obligation Order 2015, Part 4: Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass


Biomass
Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass (in grams)
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest
1
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest
25
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest
4
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest
28
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
2
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
20
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
17
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
35
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
4
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
22
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood
22
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—
(a) which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest, and
(b) where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas
40
Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest
41
Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest
50
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest
46
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest
57
Wheat straw
2
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by wood
17
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by natural gas
35
Bagasse bales
20
Palm kernel
27
Rice husk briquettes
28
Miscanthus bales
7
Biogas produced from wet manure
8
Biogas produced from dry manure
7
Biogas produced from wheat, where the whole plant was used to produce the biogas
21
Biogas produced from straw
21
Biogas produced from maize, where—
(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas, and
(b) the maize was not grown by organic farming methods
34
Biogas produced from maize, where—
(a) the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas, and
(b) the maize was grown by organic farming methods
19

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138359/schedule/2/part/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-2/part-4
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