{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1947",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-2015",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“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;\n“default percentage” means—\n(a)in relation to bioliquid described in the first column of Part A or Part B of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive—\n(i)the percentage (if any) which corresponds to that description in the third column of Part A or Part B of that Annex, or\n(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,\n(b)in all other cases 0%;\n“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; ...\n...\n“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;\n“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\n“relevant percentage” means—\n(a) in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial before 6th October 2015—\n(i)35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;\n(ii)50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017;\n(b)in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial on or after 6th October 2015—\n(i)35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;\n(ii)50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017 but before 1st January 2018;\n(iii)60% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 omitted (1.1.2018) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1 substituted (1.1.2018) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1234), regs. 1(2), 5(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1947/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:30:01.885287+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}