Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations

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.

• Marginal note:Eligible fuels

  (2) Eligible fuels are

  • (a) a fuel combusted in a unit in respect of which an exemption from the application of subsection 3(1) has been granted under subsection 7(4);

  • (b) a fuel referred to in section 23 that is combusted during the calendar year at less than any of the average daily rates referred to in subsection (3);

  • (c) a fuel listed in Table 4 to Schedule 5; and

  • (d) a fuel combusted in a standby unit.

• Marginal note:Average daily rates

  (3) The average daily rates are

  • (a) for a solid fuel, 3 t/day;

  • (b) for a liquid fuel, 1900 L/day; and

  • (c) for a gaseous fuel, 500 standard m³/day.

• Marginal note:Quantity of emissions

  (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

  • (a) if paragraph (1)(a) applies, the weighted average higher heating value of the fuel, determined in accordance with subsection (5), based on fuel samples collected in accordance with section 27, and

  • (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.

• Marginal note:Weighted average

  (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;

  i

  is the i^th sampling period referred to in section 27, with “i” going from the number 1 to n, where n is the number of those sampling periods; and

  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.

• Marginal note:Measurement of HHV

  (6) The higher heating value of a fuel is to be measured

  • (a) for a solid fuel that is

    • (i) coal or biomass, in accordance with ASTM D5865 - 13, entitled Standard Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke,

    • (ii) a fuel from waste, in accordance with ASTM D5865 - 13, and

    • (iii) any other solid fuel type,

      • (A) in accordance with an applicable ASTM standard for the measurement of the higher heating value of the fuel, and

      • (B) if no such ASTM standard applies, in accordance with an applicable internationally recognized method; and

  • (b) for a liquid fuel that is

    • (i) an oil or a liquid fuel derived from waste, in accordance with

      • (A) ASTM D240 - 09, entitled Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter, or

      • (B) ASTM D4809 - 09a, entitled Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method), and

    • (ii) any other liquid fuel type,

      • (A) in accordance with an applicable ASTM standard for the measurement of the higher heating value of the fuel, and

      • (B) if no such ASTM standard applies, in accordance with an applicable internationally recognized method; and

  • (c) for a gaseous fuel,

    • (i) in accordance with any of the following applicable ASTM or GPA standards:

      • (A) ASTM D1826 - 94(2010), entitled Standard Test Method for Calorific (Heating) Value of Gases in Natural Gas Range by Continuous Recording Calorimeter,

      • (B) ASTM D3588 - 98(2003), entitled Standard Practice for Calculating Heat Value, Compressibility Factor, and Relative Density of Gaseous Fuels,

      • (C) ASTM D4891 - 89(2006), entitled Standard Test Method for Heating Value of Gases in Natural Gas Range by Stoichiometric Combustion,

      • (D) GPA Standard 2172 - 09, entitled Calculation of Gross Heating Value, Relative Density, Compressibility and Theoretical Hydrocarbon Liquid Content for Natural Gas Mixtures for Custody Transfer, and

      • (E) GPA standard 2261 - 00, entitled Analysis for Natural Gas and Similar Gaseous Mixtures by Gas Chromatography, or

    • (ii) by means of a direct measuring device that determines the higher heating value of the fuel, but if the measuring device provides only lower heating values, those lower heating values must be converted to the corresponding higher heating values.