The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

Further provision in relation to the production of renewables obligation certificates

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5.—(1) Article 13 (further provision in relation to the production of renewables obligation certificates) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraphs (3) to (6) substitute—

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), no more than 4 per cent of a designated electricity supplier’s renewables obligation may be satisfied by the production of renewables obligation certificates issued in respect of electricity generated from bioliquid.

(4) The limit set out in paragraph (3) does not apply to the production of renewables obligation certificates issued in respect of electricity—

(a)generated by a generating station to which article 29 applies;

(b)generated by a qualifying combined heat and power generating station which has, as at the date of generation of the electricity, a total installed capacity of less than one megawatt;

(c)generated from advanced fuel;

(d)generated in the way described as “energy from waste with CHP” in Schedule 2; or

(e)generated before 1st April 2013..

(3) Omit paragraph (8).