http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1947/article/91The Renewables Obligation Order 2015texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseELECTRICITY, ENGLAND AND WALES2026-04-26Expert Participation2026-03-27 This Order consolidates and re-enacts the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/785) (the “2009 Order”) as amended and makes new provision. It imposes an obligation (“the renewables obligation”), on all electricity suppliers licensed under the Electricity Act 1989 (“the Act”) which supply electricity in England and Wales, to produce a certain number of renewables obligation certificates in respect of each megawatt hour of electricity that each supplies to customers in England and Wales during a specified period known as an “obligation period” (article 7). It also “bands” the different technologies that are used to generate electricity from renewable sources, meaning that the number of certificates that will be issued in respect of that electricity depends on the way in which that electricity has been generated. The renewables obligation is administered by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (“the Authority”) who issues renewable obligation certificates to renewable electricity generators based on their renewable output. These certificates are sold to electricity suppliers with or without the associated renewable electricity. The Renewables Obligation Order 2015 PART 10 911This article applies to a generating station which—ais accredited, andbgenerates electricity using offshore wind turbines.2The operator of a generating station to which this article applies may apply to the Authority in writing for one or more wind turbines forming part, or intended to form part, of the generating station to be registered under this article.3For each wind turbine to which the application relates, the application must—aidentify the location, or the proposed location, of the wind turbine; andbspecify the total installed capacity of the wind turbine.4 Subject to paragraph (4A) The application must be received by the Authority on or before 31st March 2017.4AWhere the generating station generates electricity in the circumstances set out in any one or more of articles 5, 6, 7 and 11 of the Renewables Obligation Closure Order 2014, the application must be received by the Authority on or before 31st March 2018.5An application to register one or more wind turbines under this article must be accompanied by—aone of the documents referred to in article 92(5)(a), andb the document referred to in article 92(5)(b).6Following receipt of an application meeting the requirements of paragraphs (3) to (5), the Authority must register the wind turbines to which the application relates if the Authority is satisfied that—awhere the station was accredited before 1st April 2011, the wind turbines are registrable additional turbines;bwhere the wind turbines are registrable additional turbines—ithe date of receipt of the application was no later than 5 years after the date on which registrable additional turbines were first added to the station; andiithe Authority has not registered other registrable additional turbines in relation to the station on more than 4 separate occasions;cwhere the wind turbines form part of the original capacity of the station—ithe date of receipt of the application was no later than 5 years after the date on which the station was accredited; andiithe Authority has not registered other wind turbines forming part of the original capacity of the station on more than 4 separate occasions; anddwhere the wind turbines form part of the original capacity of the station and no other wind turbines have been registered under this article in relation to the station, the total installed capacity of the wind turbines to which the application relates is at least 20% of the accredited capacity of the station.7The Authority must notify the applicant in writing of its decision on an application to register a wind turbine under this article.8In providing written notification under paragraph (6), the Authority must specify the date on which the registration of the wind turbine is to take effect.9For the purposes of this article, the date on which a registrable additional turbine is added to a generating station is the date on which the registrable additional turbine is first used to generate electricity.10In this article, “registrable additional turbine” means an offshore wind turbine which—adoes not form part of the original capacity of a generating station, andbwas not used to generate electricity before 1st April 2011.Art. 91(4A) inserted (25.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/457), arts. 1(1), 5(3)Words in art. 91(4) inserted (25.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order2016 (S.I. 2016/457), arts. 1(1), 5(2)Words in art. 91(6) substituted (25.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation Closure Etc. (Amendment) Order2016 (S.I. 2016/457), arts. 1(1), 5(4)Words in art. 91(5)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/35), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)