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Part 4 Default greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomassF1F2

BiomassDefault greenhouse gas emissions from the production of biomass (in grams)
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest1
Wood chips made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest25
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest4
Wood chips from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest28
Wood briquettes or wood pellets—2
  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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—20
  1. (c)

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

  2. (d)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—17
  1. (e)

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

  2. (f)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—35
  1. (g)

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

  2. (h)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—4
  1. (i)

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

  2. (j)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—22
  1. (k)

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

  2. (l)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—22
  1. (m)

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

  2. (n)

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

Wood briquettes or wood pellets—40
  1. (o)

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

  2. (p)

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

Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest41
Charcoal made from residue from forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest50
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in European temperate continental forest46
Charcoal made from short rotation forestry carried out in tropical or subtropical forest57
Wheat straw2
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by wood17
Bagasse briquettes where the process to produce the bagasse briquettes was fuelled by natural gas35
Bagasse bales20
Palm kernel27
Rice husk briquettes28
Miscanthus bales7
Biogas produced from wet manure8
Biogas produced from dry manure7
Biogas produced from wheat, where the whole plant was used to produce the biogas21
Biogas produced from straw21
Biogas produced from maize, where—34
  1. (q)

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

  2. (r)

    the maize was not grown by organic farming methods

Biogas produced from maize, where—19
  1. (s)

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

  2. (t)

    the maize was grown by organic farming methods

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

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)