Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological

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1 ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of nonbiological origin Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin ISCC PLUS V 1.0

2 Copyright notice ISCC 2012 This ISCC document is protected by copyright. It is freely available from the ISCC website or upon request. No part of this copyrighted document might be changed or amended. The document might not be duplicated or copied in any form or by any means for commercial purpose without permission of ISCC. Document title: ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin Approval date: 30/06/2012 Issue date: 30/06/2012 ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin 2 of 5

3 Content 1 Introduction Scope Normative references Special Provisions Quantity bookkeeping Calculation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin... 5 ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin 3 of 5

4 1 Introduction ISCC is applicable for all types of biomass and biomass-based products. With this extension ISCC additionally includes waste fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of nonbiological origin. Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin are an alternative to biofuels for the substitution of fossil fuels. They do not involve any biomass production processes. The ISCC PLUS 202 Standard on Sustainability Requirements for the Production of Biomass is not applicable. However, with respect to certification, it is important to verify their renewability, GHG performance and feedstock basis. Some individual special provisions are necessary to apply ISCC in this case. These special provisions must be applied together with the overall ISCC PLUS standard. Where the special provisions deviate from the overall ISCC PLUS standard the respective special provisions are superior. In case of the certification of renewable fuels of non-biological origin or of up-stream raw materials for these fuels (e.g. flue gas, industrial wastes, hydrogen), the audit scope must be extended by using the ISCC special provisions for waste fuels and renewable fuels of nonbiological origin. These are laid down in this document. After a successful audit an individual certificate for waste fuels or renewable fuels of non-biological origin can be issued. 2 Scope The scope of this document is to lay down the special provisions for waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin. 3 Normative references As a basic principle, all relevant ISCC documents are valid for the scope. The normative references display the documents whose contents are linked and have to be considered. Relevant references: ISCC PLUS 201 System Basics ISCC PLUS 203 Requirements for Traceability ISCC PLUS Mass balance requirements or ISCC PLUS Physical Segregation requirements ISCC PLUS 255 ISCC Add-ons and Extensions ISCC PLUS GHG Emission Requirements ISCC PLUS Consumables of a Production Process ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin 4 of 5

5 4 Special Provisions 4.1 Quantity bookkeeping For each outgoing product of a specific supply chain process that shall be certified an individual quantity bookkeeping must be in place. The relation between the output of the waste fuel or renewable fuel and the raw material must be verifiable (conversion factor). All inputs and outputs must be documented. Also downstream products of the supply chain can be subject to ISCC certification. For all these additional supply chain elements a quantity bookkeeping of the respective in- and outputs shall be set up. Thus, it shall be assured that all intermediates relevant in the supply chain, are covered and sustainability and GHG information can be traced back to the origin of the raw material. Specific information regarding traceability, delivery notes and the mass balance requirements can be found in the document ISCC PLUS 203 Requirements for Traceability. Biomassspecific requirements from this document are not applicable and do not need to be considered. 4.2 Calculation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin For a successful certification of waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin the use of the ISCC add-on ISCC PLUS GHG Requirements is mandatory. All GHG related emissions of all products subject to certification shall be calculated. In the case of fuels produced from industrial waste streams or flue gases these are considered to have zero emissions. In case the raw material is a waste the emission calculation for the renewable fuel would start with the transport from the source of waste origination and processing of these streams. When the raw material is not a waste the system boundary of the calculation must be extended to the sourcing of raw material. ISCC PLUS Waste fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin 5 of 5