This Ordinance sets forth, for the scope of application of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, what substances shall be considered biomass, what technical processes for generating electricity from biomass fall within the Act's scope of application, and what environmental standards must be met in the generation of electricity from biomass. Article 2 defines that 1) Biomass within the meaning of this Ordinance shall be taken to mean fuels made of phytomass and zoomass. This shall also include products, by-products, residues and waste from phytomass and zoomass whose energy content comes from phytomass and zoomass. The text consists of 6 articles dealing with the following aspects: Scope of application (1); Included biomass (2); Excluded biomass (3); Technical processes (4); Environmental standard (5); Entry into force (6).
Germany · 2001-06-21