Beta Public Comment: Renewables Obligation DRAFT Fuel Measurement and Sampling Guidance

Beta submitted a comment on the question posed in Section 3.39 of the Renewables Obligation: DRAFT Fuel Measurement and Sampling Guidance document published in December 2008. Thierry Sam Tamers, Beta Director, wrote: Although the potential cost of auditing a generator off-site should best be addressed by verifiers, we would like to mention that off-site measurement [...]

Written on February 5, 2009 | Posted in Beta Analytic,Biofuels,Europe,Regulations

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ASTM D6866

A standard used to measure the renewable/biogenic carbon content of any solid, liquid, or gas through radiocarbon dating

CEN 15747

Similar to ASTM D6866, the CEN 15747 is used in Europe for solid recovered fuels

prCEN/TS 15440

The prCEN 15540 is a standard in Europe that includes 3 carbon dating-based methods for measuring the biogenic fraction or biomass content of solid recovered fuels. It is expected to be published by March 2011.

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