C 125/418
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
5.4.2023
Wednesday 14 September 2022
(47y)
“energy efficiency first” means energy efficiency first as defined in Article 2, point (18) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
(47z)
“offshore renewable hybrid asset” means a transmission asset serving the dual purpose of connecting offshore renewable energy generation and connecting two or more bidding zones;
(47aa) “renewable based district heating and cooling” means highly energy efficient district heating and cooling systems operating exclusively by renewable energy sources;
(47ab) “primary woody biomass” means all roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed.
It comprises all wood obtained from removals, i.e., the quantities removed from forests, including wood recovered due to natural mortality and from felling and logging.
It includes all wood removed with or without bark, including wood removed in its round form, or split, roughly squared or in other form, e.g., branches, roots, stumps and burls (where these are harvested) and wood that is roughly shaped or pointed.
This does not include woody biomass obtained from sustainable wildfire prevention measures in high-risk fire prone areas, woody biomass obtained from road safety measures, and woody biomass extracted from forests affected by natural disasters, active pests or diseases to prevent their spread, whilst minimising wood extraction and protecting biodiversity, resulting in more diverse and resilient forests, and shall be based on guidelines from the Commission [Am.
42];
(47ac) “renewable hydrogen” means hydrogen produced through the electrolysis of water (in an electrolyser, powered by electricity stemming from renewable sources, or through the reforming of biogas or biochemical conversion of biomass, if in compliance with sustainability criteria set out in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(47ad) “plantation forest” means a planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing.
It includes short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;
(47ae) “planted forest” means forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding provided that the planted or seeded trees are expected to constitute more than fifty percent of the growing stock at maturity; it includes coppice from trees that were originally planted or seeded; ▌
(47af) “osmotic energy” means energy naturally created from the difference in salt concentration between two fluids, commonly fresh and salt water;
(4ag)
“system efficiency” means an energy system which integrates variable renewables cost-effectively and maximises the value of demand-side flexibility to optimise the transition to climate neutrality, measured in reductions of system investment and operational costs, greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel uses in each national energy mix;
(47ah) “renewable hybrid power plant” means a combination of two or more renewable generation technologies which share the same grid connection, and can also integrate storage capacity;
(47ai) “co-located energy storage project” means a project encompassing an energy storage facility and a facility producing renewable energy connected behind the same grid access point;