The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011

Circumstances in which no SROCs are to be issued in respect of offshore wind generating stations

8.  After article 17A (generating stations accredited for longer than 20 years) insert—

“Offshore wind turbines registered for longer than 20 years

17AA.— (1) This article applies in relation to the issue of SROCs in respect of the generation of electricity using a registered offshore wind turbine.

(2) SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated using a registered offshore wind turbine, on or after the 20th anniversary of the date on which it was registered under article 58A (registration of offshore wind turbines) or 31st March 2037 (whichever is the earlier).

(3) Where the electricity generated by a generating station is generated in part using registered offshore wind turbines, but the amount of electricity so generated is not measured separately from electricity generated otherwise than by using those turbines, the electricity generated by it which is to be treated (for the purposes of paragraph (2)) as having been generated using those turbines is the relevant percentage (the relevant percentage for these purposes being the total installed capacity of those turbines at the date of generation of the electricity expressed as a percentage of the station’s total installed capacity at that date).

(4) Article 17A does not apply in relation to the issue of SROCs in respect of the generation of electricity using a registered offshore wind turbine.

(5) In this article, “registered offshore wind turbine” means a wind turbine which is registered under article 58A.

Electricity generated using unregistered offshore wind turbines

17AB.— (1) This article applies to a generating station which—

(a) is offshore;

(b) generates electricity from wind; and

(c) in the case of a generating station accredited before 1st April 2011, generates electricity using a registrable additional turbine.

(2) SROCs are not to be issued in respect of any electricity generated by a generating station to which this article applies using an unregistered offshore wind turbine.

(3) Where the electricity generated by a generating station is generated in part using unregistered offshore wind turbines, but the amount of electricity so generated is not measured separately from electricity generated otherwise than by using those turbines, the electricity generated by it which is to be treated (for the purposes of paragraph (2)) as having been generated using those turbines is the relevant percentage (the relevant percentage for these purposes being the total installed capacity of those turbines at the date of generation of the electricity expressed as a percentage of the station’s total installed capacity at that date.

(4) In this article, “unregistered offshore wind turbine”, in relation to a generating station, means a wind turbine which—

(a) is not registered under article 58A; and

(b) where the generating station was accredited as at 31st March 2011, is a registrable additional turbine.”.