The Renewables Obligation Order 2009

Qualifying combined heat and power generating stations

28.—(1) Subject to articles 29 and 32, where electricity generated by a qualifying combined heat and power generating station is generated in the way described as “co-firing of biomass” in Schedule 2, and the fossil fuel and regular biomass referred to are burnt in separate boilers or engines, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC is—

(a) in respect of the relevant proportion of that electricity, 1 megawatt hour; and

(b) in respect of the remainder of that electricity, 2 megawatt hours.

(2) Subject to articles 29 and 32, where electricity generated by a qualifying combined heat and power generating station is generated in the way described as “co-firing of energy crops” in Schedule 2, and the fossil fuel and energy crops referred to are burnt in separate boilers or engines, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC is—

(a) in respect of the relevant proportion of that electricity, 2/3rds of a megawatt hour; and

(b) in respect of the remainder of that electricity, 1 megawatt hour.

(3) Subject to articles 29 and 32, where electricity generated by a qualifying combined heat and power generating station is generated in the way described as “dedicated biomass” in Schedule 2, the amount of electricity to be stated in each ROC is—

(a) in respect of the relevant proportion of that electricity, 1/2 of a megawatt hour; and

(b) in respect of the remainder of that electricity, 2/3rds of a megawatt hour.

(4) In this article, “the relevant proportion”, in relation to electricity generated by a qualifying combined heat and power generating station, is the proportion which the qualifying power output of that station bears to its total power output.