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Marginal note:Quantification based on HHV

• 24 (1) For an eligible fuel referred to in subsection (2), the quantity of CO₂ emissions attributable to the combustion of the fuel in a unit during a calendar year, expressed in tonnes, may be determined in accordance with subsection (4) based on the following higher heating value of the fuel:

  • (a) the higher heating value of the fuel that is measured in accordance with subsection (6) as provided by the supplier of the fuel to the responsible person but, if not so provided, as so measured by the responsible person; and

  • (b) in the absence of a measured higher heating value of the fuel referred to in paragraph (a), the default higher heating value, set out in column 2 of Schedule 5, for the fuel’s type, as set out in column 1 but, in the absence of that default higher heating value, a default higher heating value for that fuel type established by a body that is internationally recognized as being competent to establish default higher heating values for fuels.

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• (4) The quantity of emissions is to be determined in accordance with the following formula:

  Q × HHV × EF × 0.001

  where

  Q 

  is the quantity of the fuel combusted in the unit during the calendar year determined

  • (a) for a solid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of M_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(a) and expressed in tonnes,

  • (b) for a liquid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(b) and expressed in kL, and

  • (c) for a gaseous fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(c) and expressed in standard m³;

  HHV 

  — expressed in GJ/tonne, for a solid fuel, in GJ/kL, for a liquid fuel, and in GJ/standard m³, for a gaseous fuel — is

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  • (b) if paragraph (1)(b) applies, the default higher heating value, set out in column 2 of Schedule 5, for the fuel’s type, as set out in column 1 and, in the absence of that default higher heating value, a default higher heating value for that fuel type established by a body that is internationally recognized as being competent to establish default higher heating values for fuels; and

  EF 

  is the default CO₂ emission factor, set out in column 3 of Schedule 5, for that fuel listed in column 1 and, in the absence of that default CO₂ emission factor, a default CO₂ emission factor for that fuel established by a body that is internationally recognized as competent to establish default CO₂ emission factors for fuels.

• (5) The weighted average higher heating value of the fuel is determined in accordance with the following formula:

  where

  HHV_i 

  is the higher heating value of, as the case may be, each composite sample, or sample, of the fuel for the i^th sampling period measured in accordance with subsection (6), as provided by the supplier of the fuel to the responsible person but, if not so provided, as so measured by the responsible person;

  Q_i 

  is the mass or volume, as the case may be, of the fuel combusted during the i^th sampling period, expressed

  • (a) for a solid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of M_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(a) and expressed in tonnes,

  • (b) for a liquid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(b) and expressed in kL, and

  • (c) for a gaseous fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(c) and expressed in standard m³.

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Marginal note:Measured carbon content

• 23 (1) Subject to section 24, the quantity of CO₂ emissions attributable to the combustion of a fuel in a unit during a calendar year, expressed in tonnes, is determined in accordance with the applicable formula, as follows:

  • (a) for a solid fuel

    M_f × CC_A × 3.664

    where

    M_f 

    is the mass of the fuel combusted during the calendar year as determined, as the case may be, on a wet or dry basis, expressed in tonnes and measured by a measuring device, and

    CC_A 

    is the weighted average, expressed in kg of carbon per kg of the fuel, of the carbon content of the fuel determined in accordance with subsection (2) on the same wet or dry basis as the one used in the determination of M_f;

  • (b) for a liquid fuel

    V_f × CC_A × 3.664

    where

    CC_A 

    is the weighted average, expressed in tonnes of carbon per kL of the fuel, of the carbon content of the fuel determined in accordance with subsection (2) at the same temperature as the one used in the determination of V_f; and

• Marginal note:Weighted average

  (2) The weighted average referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) as CC_A is, based on fuel samples collected in accordance with section 27, to be determined in accordance with the following formula:

  where

  CC_i 

  is the carbon content of, as the case may be, the composite sample, or the sample, of the fuel for the i^th sampling period expressed for solid fuels, liquid fuels and gaseous fuels, respectively, in the same unit of measure as the one set out in CC_A, as provided by the supplier of the fuel to the responsible person and, if not so provided, as determined by the responsible person, and measured

  • (a) for a solid fuel, on the same wet or dry basis as the one used in the determination of CC_A, in accordance with,

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  Q_i 

  is the mass or volume, as the case may be, of the fuel combusted during the i^th sampling period, expressed

  • (a) for a solid fuel, in tonnes, on the same wet or dry basis as the one used in the determination of CC_A,

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Marginal note:Quantification

• 21 (1) If paragraph 20(1)(a) applies, the quantity of CO₂ emissions referred to in subsection 20(1) is to be determined in accordance with the following formula:

  E_u – E_bio + E_non-ccs

  where

  E_u 

  is the quantity of CO₂ emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the unit, “u”, during the calendar year from the combustion of fuel, as measured by the CEMS in accordance with sections 7.1 to 7.7 of the Reference Method;

  E_non-ccs 

  is the quantity of CO₂ emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the combustion of fuel in the unit, including those emissions referred to in subsection 3(4), during the calendar year — other than the quantity of those emissions as measured by the CEMS and set out in the description of E_u — that is determined using a direct measure of the flow of, and the concentration of CO₂ in, the emissions from that combustion of fuel but that is not ultimately captured, transported and stored as described in subsection 3(5).

• (2) For the purpose of determining the value of E_bio, the method, based on data from the CEMS, consists of making the following sequence of determinations:

  • (a) the volume of CO₂ emitted from combustion of fuel in the unit for each hour of production of electricity during the calendar year determined in accordance with the following formula:

    0.01 × %CO_2w,h × Q_w,h × t_h

    where

    %CO_2w,h 

    is the average concentration of CO₂ in relation to all gases in the stack emitted from the combustion of fuel in the unit during a given hour, “h”, during which the unit produced electricity in the calendar year — or, if applicable, a calculation made in accordance with section 7.4 of the Reference Method of that average concentration of CO₂ based on a measurement of the concentration of oxygen (O₂) in those gases in the stack — expressed as a percentage on a wet basis,

  • (b) the volume of CO₂ emitted from combustion of fossil fuel in the unit during the calendar year, expressed in standard m³ and referred to in this subsection as V_ff, determined in accordance with the following formula:

    where

    Q_i 

    is the quantity of fossil fuel type “i” combusted in the unit during the calendar year, determined

    • (a) for a solid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of M_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(a) and expressed in tonnes,

    • (b) for a liquid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(b) and expressed in kL, and

    • (c) for a gaseous fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(c) and expressed in standard m³,

    F_c,i 

    is the fuel-specific carbon-based F-factor for each fossil fuel type “i” — being, as the case may be, the default value as set out in column 3 of the table to subsection (3) for that fuel type set out in column 2 or determined for that fuel type in accordance with Appendix A of the Reference Method — expressed in standard m³ of CO₂/GJ,

    HHV_d,i 

    — expressed in GJ/tonne, for a solid fuel, in GJ/kL, for a liquid fuel, and in GJ/standard m³, for a gaseous fuel — is, for each fossil fuel type “i”,

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    • (b) in the absence of a default higher heating value for that fuel type referred to in paragraph (a), a default higher heating value for that fuel type established by a body that is internationally recognized as being competent to establish default higher heating values for fuels;

  • (c) the volume of CO₂ emitted from the combustion of biomass in the unit during the calendar year, expressed in standard m³ and referred to in this subsection as V_bio, determined in accordance with the following formula:

    V_T – V_ff

    where

    V_T 

    is the sum of the volumes of CO₂ emitted from combustion of fuel in the unit during each hour of production of electricity during the calendar year, as determined under paragraph (a), and

  • (d) the quantity of the CO₂ emissions from the combustion of biomass in the unit during the calendar year, namely E_bio determined in accordance with the formula set out in subsection (1), based on the following two determinations:

    • (i) the fraction of the volume of CO₂ emissions from all fuel combusted in the unit attributable to the combustion of biomass in the unit during the calendar year, referred to in this section as Bio_fr, determined in accordance with the following formula:

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• (4) Despite subsection (1), if there is one or more other units at a power plant where a unit is located and a CEMS measures emissions from that unit and from one or more of those other units at a common stack rather than at the exhaust duct of that unit and of each of those other units that brings those emissions to the common stack, then the quantity of emissions attributable to that unit for the purpose of subsection (1) is determined based on the ratio of the heat input of that unit to the total of the heat input of that unit and of all of those other units sharing the common stack in accordance with the following formula:

  where

  Q_uj 

  is the quantity of fuel type “j” combusted in that unit “u” during the calendar year, determined

  • (a) for a solid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of M_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(a) and expressed in tonnes,

  • (b) for a liquid fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(b) and expressed in kL, and

  • (c) for a gaseous fuel, in the same manner as the one used in the determination of V_f in the formula set out in paragraph 23(1)(c) and expressed in standard m³;

Marginal note:Record-making

• 17 (1) A responsible person for a unit must make a record

  • (a) of any notice referred to in subsection 4(3), 5(6) or 6(6) or section 12 that was sent to the Minister and the information that was contained in it, as well as any supporting documents;

  • (b) of any application referred to in subsection 5(3), 6(3), 7(3), 8(2), 9(2) or 14(3) and the information referred to in the subsection, as well as any supporting documents;

• Marginal note:When records made

  (2) Records referred to in paragraphs (1)(c) to (h) must be made as soon as feasible but not later than 30 days after the information to be recorded becomes available.