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UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS): technical guidance and tools

Technical guidance, emission factors, and reporting templates to help installations and aircraft operators understand and comply with their obligations under the scheme.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published:
10 September 2022
Last updated:
26 June 2026
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  1. Updated the UK ETS: Waste quarterly data report template with the quarter 2 version.

  2. The VMRP01 guidance document for operators of waste installations taking part in the voluntary MRV period has been revised to include preliminary and biomass fraction emission factors in the Annex.

  3. Added link to UKETS12A FAR: Completing the second stage of the free allocation application, and updated UKETS11 FAR and UKETS13 FAR.

  4. Added link to new UK ETS: Waste quarterly data report template.

  5. The UK ETS: Activity level template has been updated to improve functionality.

  6. Added links to: UKETS01 MRR: General guidance for installations, UKETS04 MRR: Data flow activities and control system and UKETS07 MRR: Sampling and analysis.

  7. Updated 'UK ETS17' as the previous version stated that the relevant year when allocation would be reduced is 2026 – this was incorrect, and the relevant year is 2027 according to Article 16(5) of the FAR.

  8. Added link to UKETS17 FAR: Waste gases and process emissions sub-installations.

  9. Added links to UKETS15 FAR: Cross-boundary heat flows and UKETS18 FAR: Sector specific guidance.

  10. Baseline Data Report and Verification Report templates updated and improved. Where possible participants should use the updated versions, but earlier versions will be accepted.

  11. Added links to 'UKETS11 FAR: Determining allocation at the installation level' and 'UKETS14 FAR/VR - Verification of FAR baseline data reports, annual activity level data, and validation of MMPs'.

  12. Links added to baseline data reporting template and UKETS 12 guidance to help operators prepare for the baseline data collection exercise (submission window 1 April - 30 June 2025).

  13. Added link to Emissions and targets for installations registered as hospitals or small emitters.

  14. First published.

Further guidance is available on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS):

Technical guidance

These guidance documents are to assist operators of installations and verifiers comply with the requirements of:

For further information regarding these documents, please contact the regulator. Guidance for waste operators participating in the voluntary monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) period is available from UK ETS technical guidance: Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MRR) 2018.

Reporting templates

Templates for use by operators and regulators.

Waste operators participating in the voluntary monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) only period should submit their quarterly data to their regulator using the revised Waste Quarterly Data Report template.

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