The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009

[F1 Offshore wind generating stations using test and demonstration wind turbines

30C.— (1) This article applies to electricity—

(a) which is generated from wind;

(b) which is generated by a generating station which—

(i) is offshore; and

(ii) uses only eligible wind turbines; and

(c) in respect of which a declaration has been made in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each SROC issued in respect of electricity to which this article applies is 2/5 of a megawatt hour.

(3) A declaration is made in accordance with this paragraph if—

(a) it is made by the operator of the generating station to the Authority in writing; and

(b) it confirms that—

(i) to the best of the operator’s knowledge and belief the wind turbines used to generate the electricity are eligible wind turbines; and

(ii) the lease in respect of which the generating station is entitled to operate at that particular area of seabed is a demonstration lease issued by the Crown Estate [F2 Commissioners or a relevant person] in relation to that site.

(4) In this article—

(a) “eligible wind turbine” in relation to a generating station means a wind turbine which in the Authority’s view forms part of the generating station from a date no earlier than 1st April 2014; and

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Arts. 30C, 30D inserted (1.4.2014) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/94), arts. 1(1), 13 (with art. 27)

F2 Words in art. 30C(3)(b)(ii) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 117(3)

F3 Art. 30C(4)(b) omitted (1.12.2015) by virtue of The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), arts. 1(1), 9 (with art. 16)