The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015
Enters into force: 1 December 2015
Energy/Environmental Protection - Scotland
The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 implements policy decisions in relation to the reporting requirements and sustainability criteria for stations using solid biomass and biogas feedstocks to generate electricity.
These amendments include making compliance with the sustainability criteria mandatory for generating stations of 1MW or above which use solid biomass and biogas and tightening the greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2020 and 2025 and averaging greenhouse gas emissions across the year.