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Land Sustainability Criteria (UK)

All capitalised terms unless otherwise defined, have the meaning given to them in the UK Renewables Obligation Order.

The Terravesta biomass is not grown on Land which:

  • at any time during or after January 2008 was
    • Primary Forest;
    • Designated for Nature Protection Purposes1;
    • Peatland2;
    • Continuously Forested Area3;
    • Lightly Forested Area4;
    • Wetland Area; or5
  • is Highly Biodiverse Grassland6;
  1. unless production of the Biomass did not interfere with purposes for which this land was designated ↩︎
  2. unless the cultivation and harvesting of the Biomass did not involve the drainage of previously undrained soil ↩︎
  3. and was not a Continuously Forested Area when the Biomass was obtained from it ↩︎
  4. and was not a Lightly Forested Area or a Continuously Forested Area when the Biomass was obtained from it, except where the greenhouse gas emissions from the use of the fuel to generate one mega joule of electricity did not exceed 66. 7 grams ↩︎
  5. and was not a Wetland Area when the Biomass was obtained from it ↩︎
  6. unless the harvesting of the biomaterial was necessary to preserve the grassland status ↩︎