The changes to the subcategories, bringing the total of renewable energy and “distributed renewables management (smart grid)” projects up to 34 from 30 are:

• Bioenergy
  • Lignocellulose and/ or household waste to biogas, biofuels or bioliquids via chemical and biological processes with capacity 6 mio Nm3/y (million normal cubic metres per year of Methane) or 10 Ml/y (million litres per year) of the final product
  • Lignocellulose to electricity with 48% efficiency based on lower heating value (50% moisture) with capacity 40 MWe or higher
  • Lignocellulose to Synthetic Natural Gas or synthesis gas and/ or to power via gasification with capacity 40 M Nm3/y (million normal cubic metres per year) of the final product or 100 GWh/y of electricity
  • Lignocellulose to biofuels or bioliquids and/or to power including via directly heated gasification with capacity 1540 Ml/y (million litres per year) of the final product or 100 GWh/y of electricity. Production of Synthetic Natural Gas is excluded under this sub-category
  • Lignocellulosic raw material, e.g. black liquor and/ or products from pyrolysis or torrefaction, via entrained flow gasification to any biofuels with capacity 40 Ml/y of the final product
• CSP
  • Large-scale Stirling dish power plants with solar to electric efficiency of over 20% and nominal capacity of at least 25 MW
• Ocean
  • Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) with nominal capacity 10 MW