# The Renewables Obligation Order 2015, Paragraph 1: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

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; ...
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“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 produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial before 6th October 2015—
(i)35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;
(ii)50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017;
(b)in relation to bioliquid produced by an installation that started producing liquid fuel from biomaterial on or after 6th October 2015—
(i)35% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity before 1st January 2017;
(ii)50% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2017 but before 1st January 2018;
(iii)60% in the case of bioliquid used to generate electricity on or after 1st January 2018.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1947/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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