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Part 2 DEFAULT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM THE PRODUCTION OF BIOMASSF1

BiomassDefault 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 sub-tropical forest.28

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood.

2

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas.

20

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood.

17

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas.

35

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood.

4

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by natural gas.

22

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or sub-tropical forest; and

  2. (b)

    where the process to produce the wood briquettes or wood pellets was fuelled by wood.

22

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—

  1. (a)

    which are made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or sub-tropical forest; and

  2. (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 sub-tropical 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 sub-tropical forest.57
Wheat straw2
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 bales20
Palm kernel27
Rice husk briquettes28
Miscanthus bales7
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—

  1. (a)

    the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas; and

  2. (b)

    the maize was not grown by organic farming methods.

34

Biogas produced from maize, where—

  1. (a)

    the whole maize plant was used in the process to produce the biogas; and

  2. (b)

    the maize was grown by organic farming methods.

19

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 3B omitted (1.3.2016) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/84), arts. 1(1), 11 (with art. 12)