Guide to Reporting for Waste Combustion Activities under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
This guide provides an overview of requirements under the NZ ETS for people who combust used or waste oil, used tyres or waste for the purpose of generating electricity or industrial heat. It also provides further detail on data collection and emissions calculation procedures set out in Regulation.
1. Overview
As part of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), stationary energy participants are required to monitor and report on their greenhouse gas emissions from 1 January 2010. The details of these reporting obligations are set out in the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 2009 (SEIP Regulations).1
Persons who combust used or waste oil, used tyres, or waste to generate electricity or industrial heat are required to participate in the NZ ETS. A threshold of 1500 tonnes of used or waste oil will be in place by 1 January 2010.
The SEIP Regulations provide four alternative methods to determine emissions from the combustion of a particular class of fuel. Two of these require the use of an emissions factor. The other two use direct measurement of emissions from particular equipment.
Participants can apply for a unique emissions factor (UEF) to be used in the first two SEIP methods. The option to apply for a UEF for waste that consists entirely of biomass is restricted to direct measurement of emissions from fuels combusted in particular equipment. For waste that contains non-biomass, the participant can choose the direct measurement approach or the sampling and testing of the fuel.
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