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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009/schedule-A1A/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/A1A/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions",
  "text": "For the purposes of paragraph 2, and subject to paragraph 4, the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of biomass to generate electricity—\n(a) is to be calculated by the operator of the generating station using the actual value method or the default value method; or\n(b) is 91 grams per mega joule of electricity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1A inserted (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 16, 17)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/140/schedule/A1A/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:05.855062+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."
}