The Renewables Obligation Order 2015

[F1 Interpretation E+W

1.   In this Schedule (including the modifications to this Order set out in paragraphs 8 to 18)—

“2018/19 obligation period” means the obligation period starting on 1st April 2018;

“capped combustion unit” means a combustion unit of a relevant fossil fuel station other than any of the following—

(a)

an exempt combustion unit;

(b)

a combustion unit consisting entirely of generating capacity referred to in article 45(4)(a);

(c)

a combustion unit referred to in article 45(4)(d) or (e);

“capped generating station” means a relevant fossil fuel station that includes at least one capped combustion unit and no exempt combustion units;

“commencement day” means the day on which the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 comes into force;

“exempt combustion unit” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 2;

“mixed generating station” means a relevant fossil fuel station that includes at least one capped combustion unit and at least one exempt combustion unit;

“qualification day” means—

(a)

in the 2018/19 obligation period, the later of 1st September 2018 and commencement day;

(b)

in any subsequent obligation period, 1st September;

“relevant day” means the first day of the second month after the month in which the Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 comes into force;

“relevant electricity” means—

(a)

electricity to which article 36 applies;

(b)

electricity generated in any of the ways described in Schedule 5 as—

(i)

“co-firing of regular bioliquid” (including “co-firing of regular bioliquid with CHP”);

(ii)

“high-range co-firing” (including “high-range co-firing with CHP”);

(iii)

“low-range co-firing” (including “low-range co-firing with CHP”);

(iv)

“mid-range co-firing” (including “mid-range co-firing with CHP”);

(v)

“station conversion” (including “station conversion with CHP”); or

(vi)

“unit conversion” (including “unit conversion with CHP”);

“relevant fossil fuel station” has the meaning given in Schedule 5, but does not include—

(a)

a generating station in relation to which ROCs have been issued in respect of electricity—

(i)

generated before the date on which the generating station became a “relevant fossil fuel station” (as defined in Schedule 5); and

(ii)

described as “dedicated biomass” (including “dedicated biomass with CHP”) in Schedule 2 to the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 or Schedule 5; or

(b)

a microgenerator.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 inserted (20.7.2018) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/896), arts. 1(1), 6