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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-A1A/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "schedule/A1A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions",
  "text": "The default value method must not be used to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of biomass unless—\n(a) the biomass was used in a generating station with a total installed capacity of less than one megawatt;\n(b) the biomass is described in the first column of the table in Part 4; and\n(c) in relation to the biomass, the result of the calculation in paragraph 7 of Part C of Annex 5 to the Renewables Directive is equal to, or less than, zero.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. A1, A2 inserted (1.4.2011) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/169), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. A1A inserted (1.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/84), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 1 (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:05.419651+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."
}