The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2010

Banding

9.  After article 30 of the 2009 Order (generating stations which were accredited as at 11th July 2006) insert—

“Offshore wind generating stations using relevant wind turbines

30A.— (1) This article applies to a generating station—

(a) which is offshore,

(b) which generates electricity from wind, and

(c) which generates electricity in whole or in part using relevant wind turbines.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC issued in respect of electricity generated by a generating station to which this article applies is to be determined in accordance with article 27(4).

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC issued in respect of electricity generated by a generating station to which both this article and article 30 apply is to be determined in accordance with article 30.

(4) Where electricity generated by a generating station to which this article applies is generated using relevant wind turbines, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC issued in respect of that electricity is 0.5 megawatt hours.

(5) Where the electricity generated by a generating station to which this article applies is generated in part using relevant wind turbines, but the amount of electricity so generated is not measured separately from electricity generated otherwise than by using those turbines, the percentage of the electricity which is to be treated (for the purposes of paragraph (4)) as having been generated using those turbines is the total installed capacity of those turbines at the date of generation of the electricity expressed as a percentage of the total installed capacity of the station at that date.

(6) For the purposes of this article a generating station is offshore if—

(a) its turbines are situated wholly in offshore waters, and

(b) it is not connected to dry land by means of a permanent structure which provides access to land above the mean low water mark.

(7) In this article—

“relevant wind turbine”, in relation to a generating station, means a wind turbine which, in the Authority’s view, forms part of the station from a date no earlier than 1st April 2010 and no later than 31st March 2014;

“total installed capacity”, in relation to a generating station, has the meaning given by article 2 (interpretation) and, in relation to a relevant wind turbine, means the maximum capacity at which the turbine could be operated for a sustained period without causing damage to it (assuming there was no interruption to the wind powering it).

(8) This article is subject to article 32.”.