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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2402 ANNEX I

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2402 ANNEX I

ANNEX ISupplementary provisions

ANNEX I Harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity (referred to in Article 1) In the table below the harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity are based on net calorific value and standard atmospheric ISO conditions (15 °C ambient temperature, 1,013 bar, 60 % relative humidity). Category Type of fuel Year of construction Before 2012 2012-2015 From 2016 Solids S1 Hard coal including anthracite, bituminous coal, sub-bituminous coal, coke, semi-coke, pet coke 44,2 44,2 44,2 S2 Lignite, lignite briquettes, shale oil 41,8 41,8 41,8 S3 Peat, peat briquettes 39,0 39,0 39,0 S4 Dry biomass including wood and other solid biomass including wood pellets and briquettes, dried woodchips, clean and dry waste wood, nut shells and olive and other stones 33,0 33,0 37,0 S5 Other solid biomass including all wood not included under S4 and black and brown liquor. 25,0 25,0 30,0 S6 Municipal and industrial waste (non-renewable) and renewable/bio-degradable waste 25,0 25,0 25,0 Liquids L7 Heavy fuel oil, gas/diesel oil, other oil products 44,2 44,2 44,2 L8 Bio-liquids including bio-methanol, bioethanol, bio-butanol, biodiesel and other bio-liquids 44,2 44,2 44,2 L9 Waste liquids including biodegradable and non-renewable waste (including tallow, fat and spent grain). 25,0 25,0 29,0 Gaseous G10 Natural gas, LPG, LNG and biomethane 52,5 52,5 53,0 G11 Refinery gases hydrogen and synthesis gas 44,2 44,2 44,2 G12 Biogas produced from anaerobic digestion, landfill, and sewage treatment 42,0 42,0 42,0 G13 Coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, mining gas, and other recovered gases (excluding refinery gas) 35,0 35,0 35,0 Other O14 Waste heat (including high temperature process exhaust gases, product from exothermic chemical reactions)     30,0 O15 Nuclear     33,0 O16 Solar thermal     30,0 O17 Geothermal     19,5 O18 Other fuels not mentioned above     30,0

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