December 17, 2015

Documents and standards

Core documents

Standards

Documents for supplying the Dutch market under SDE ++

Documents for supplying the Japanese market under FIT FIP


New documents or changes to become effective in the upcoming period:

  • GGL-1d. Raw Materials Statement Japanese market FIT FIP v1-4: change in wording from “organic” to “natural” material
  • GGL-1c. Endorsed Schemes v1-7:
    • Split in endorsement of schemes for Japanese FIT FIP market between Woody biomass and Agricultural biomas
    • Clarify the reach of Endorsements, both defining the for either Participants or biomass, and differentiating these to GGL-Certified and GGL-Controlled biomass.
    • Include SBP as a fully Endorsed scheme for Woody biomass
  • GGL-1d. Instruction for supplying Japanese market FIT FIP v1-8:
    • Clarify the difference between GGL-Certified biomass and GGL-Controlled woody biomass
    • Remove any reference to post-consumer Woody biomass and REDIII Cascading, as well as the exclusion from domestic unutilized wood and any post-consumer wood under GGL FIT/FIP
    • Refine the allocation of biomass categories under FIT/FIP to GGL Categories of biomass
    • Clarify the requirements of the GGL Supplier verification programme for the sourcing of Eligible fuels, instead of the more commonly used Self-declarations in other schemes. Please note the contents of these requirements has not been changed.
    • Move required sampling frequencies and representativeness and group or regional association from its previously location in GGL Certification Regulation v7-6, into the FIT/FIP module of GGL. Please note the contents of these requirements has not been changed, only their location.

Next to these editorial changes, GGL anticipates that the naming of documents will be changed for FIT/FIP as follows: