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Newsletter Issue 04/2017 |
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Dear reader,
with the REDcert newsletter we would like to inform you about current topics in the field of sustainability certification and changes or updates in the REDcert system.
If you have any questions, Mrs Hilke Kahn (Tel. 0049 228 3506107 or e-mail hilke.kahn@redcert.de) would be happy to help.
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REDcert seminar
“Individual greenhouse gas calculation – from theory to practice”
REDcert is giving a seminar on individual greenhouse gas calculation on 8 June 2017 and 12 July 2017.
The seminar offers a comprehensive look at the requirements for individual greenhouse gas calculation in accordance with the Renewable Energy Directive and the REDcert-EU system and how they are applied in practice.
The target group of the seminar are representatives of companies and certification bodies who are involved in the calculation or auditing of greenhouse gases. The seminar is particularly suitable for "beginners" but also for people with basic knowledge.
The seminar is reserved for participants and certification bodies of the REDcert scheme only.
The seminar will be held in German. Other seminars are planned in English.
For more information about the REDcert seminar, please click here.
Registration form
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Application and documentation of the NUTS 2 values
In accordance with the published “Note on the conducting and verifying actual calculations of GHG emission savings” from 02.10.2015, NUTS 2 values are alternatives to actual emissions from cultivation and therefore must be specified in the unit gCO2eq/kg of dry matter and must always be taken from the “Overview table on regional cultivation emissions (NUTS values)” (see https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/biofuels/ and https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/renewable-energy/biofuels/voluntary-schemes).
The most current energy-based values related to the final product can only be used if information in gCO2eq/kg of dry matter is missing in the overview above. The source to be used is always the “Overview table on regional cultivation emission values (NUTS)”. If there are explicitly no values here, these can be taken from the “Emissions from biofuels cultivation - national reports” in exceptional cases. But this is only an alternative until the overview is complete.
The values in gCO2eq/MJ of final biofuel must always be converted using a standard process into values specified in gCO2eq/kg of farmed dry feedstock. This is done with the help of conversion factors in one step and in several steps with the help of allocation factors (where applicable) and the moisture content depending on the production pathway. Source of conversion factors is the “Note on the conducting and verifying actual calculations of GHG emission savings”, Annex I of the EU COM. The factor specifies the ratio of kg dry feedstock to MJ biofuel. Source of the allocation factors and moisture content is Biograce V.4d.
The following examples for illustration purposes:
1) Biodiesel from rapeseed
DE11: gCO2eq/MJ RME/(Conversion factor/(1-moisture content of 10%))/ allocation factor(s) 23.5 gCO2eq/MJ RME/(0.0655/(1-0.1))/0.6125/0.9566=551.1274 gCO2eq/kg rapeseed dry matter
2) Pure rapeseed oil
DE11: gCO2eq/MJ vegetable oil/(conversion factor/(1-moisture content of 10%))/ allocation factor(s) 23.5 gCO2eq/MJ vegetable oil/(0.0651/(1-0.1))/0.6125 = 530.4242 gCO2eq/kg rapeseed dry matter
You can find an overview of how to use the options for cultivation emissions here.
These requirements must be satisfied no later than by the next harvest. Stored biomass from the 2016 harvest that has not yet been delivered is not affected.
Mr Hannemann is available to answer any questions by phone at 0049 228 3506118 or by e-mail at david.hannemann@redcert.de.
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