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Consultation on the draft Verification Protocol explained Sustainable solid biomass

Welcome http://english.rvo.nl/subsidies- programmes/sde/sustainability-criteria Sipke Castelein Timo Gerlagh

Agenda SER Energy Agreement • Sustainability requirements in the SDE+ • Guarantee and transitional arrangements • -------------------------------------- Structure of the Verification Protocol • Verification routes • Chain of Custody (CoC) • Principles, criteria, and indicators • Growth path • Consultation and further procedures •

SER Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth Agreed terms for co-gasification and co-firing. Annual maximum of 25 PJ (approx. 3.3 Mton wood pellets) • Biomass to satisfy detailed sustainability requirements • Publication in SDE+ in 2015 and 2016

Subsidy scheme SDE+ (1) Sustainability requirements for co-gasification, co-firing and • industrial steam from wood pellets ≥ 10 MW 15% experimental space for other biomass co-gasification and co- • firing

Subsidy scheme SDE+ (2) Principles and criteria for: • - Greenhouse gas emissions - Soil quality residue flows - Carbon and change of land use - Sustainable forestry - Chain of Custody (CoC) Growth paths for small management • units from region to area level

Classification of biomass in SDE+ Carbon Manage CoC ment 1 Forests > 500 hectares All Forest All 2 Forests < 500 hectares Except for Forest All ILUC 3 Residues from nature and N/A Soil All landscape management 4 Agricultural residues N/A Soil All 5 Biogenic residues and waste N/A N/A All flows

Guaranteeing sustainability (1) Letter to the Dutch House of Representatives (18 March 2016) • concerning implementation End situation Companies should be able to show that all criteria have been met, by means of: approved certificates and/or • verification based on the indicated Verification Protocol • Until completion of the statutory procedure (2017), a transitional scheme is in operation

Guaranteeing sustainability (2) Minister Commission Certificates Vprotocol CAB Accreditation Surveillance Statement

Guaranteeing sustainability (3) Transitional arrangements (Annex 5) Prove sustainability based on: Temporary use of elsewhere approved certificates • - Biomass from forests: certificates for sustainable purchasing of wood NL - Other biomass: certificates for biofuels under RED Or verification based on Verification Protocol • Greenhouse gas criterion: verified calculation BioGrace II • Criteria for carbon and ILUC: under development •

Steps to final verification protocol Now: Concept version for consultation => Thereafter new concept version Practical tests => Final version

Using protocol to test sustainability Aim of protocol / scope of verification • Structure of the protocol • Who may use it? • Where in the chain can you use it? •

Choices made during the verification strategy RVO.nl is the owner of the Verification Protocol • Verification statements are issued after production: • Sustainability demonstrable by means of certification, • verification, or a combination of the two. Conformity within the framework of the SDE • Implementing Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) needs • accreditation for this protocol

Three routes to applying the protocol

Sustainability statement

Verification statement

Question: three routes to applying the protocol

Category First party CoC . 1 Woody biomass forest management Forest management unit unit >= 500 ha 2 Forest management unit Woody biomass forest management or unit Biomass first gathering point < 500 ha (Pellet mill) 3 Residues from nature and landscape first gathering point (defined management gathering location) 4 Agricultural residues 5 First gathering point (known Biogenic residues and waste flows source )

Principles, criteria, and indicators Excluded from consultation : Principles and criteria (a part of regulation) • Included in consultation: Workability protocol for CAB’s : Indicators, pointers, should add detail to the content of the criteria, • compulsory compliance, but open to consultation Risk based approach • Excluded from the protocol: Means of verification, concrete tools, excluded from the protocol, left to • the expertise of the verifier

How does the hierarchy within the protocol work? Principle 7: Biodiversity must be maintained and, where possible, increased. (criteria 7.1 to 7.5) Example: Criterion 7.2: Measures are adopted for the protection of endangered plant and animal types and, where possible, to improve their populations and habitat. (Indicator 7.2.1. to 7.2.5) Example: Indicator 7.2.2: The management plans and other relevant policy measures and procedures should include clear actions to be taken to protect or maintain the presence of protected and threatened types and their habitats within the forestry management units.

Demonstrate at area or regional level Risk-based approach may be used at regional level • Demonstrate low risk for all criteria • - Only for small management units (category 2) - Limited in time (see below table for time path) Start date 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Years in which the 2015- 2016- 2017- 2018- 2019- 2020- risk-based 0* approach 2020 2021 2021 2022 2022 2022 may be used

The internet consultation Now continues to 20 April via our website • Use the form! •

Questions for consultation Too much / few indicators? • Too strict / broad indicators? • - Which changes is required? Relation indicators - criterion? • Besides: Formulate proposals for improvement •

Further procedure Presentation and FAQ for this webinar on the website • Link to internet consultation on the website • Practical tests using the protocol • Definitive protocol, expected to be available in September, via • http://english.rvo.nl/subsidies- programmes/sde/sustainability-criteria

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