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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2010/article-9",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2010/9780337980190",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "article/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Microgenerators",
  "text": "For Article 27 (microgenerators) substitute—\n“Microgenerators\n27. (1) This Article applies to a generating station which—\n(a) is a microgenerator,\n(b) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 50 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2009, and\n(c) is not a qualifying onshore wind station or a qualifying hydro station or a qualifying solar photovoltaic station.\n(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC which is issued in respect of electricity generated by a generating station to which this Article applies is 1 2 megawatt hour.\n(3) In this Article and in Articles 27A and 27B—\n“qualifying hydro station” means a hydro generating station which was accredited after 31st March 2010 and has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 1 megawatt at any time after 31st March 2010;\n“qualifying onshore wind station” means a generating station which\n(a) generates electricity from onshore wind,\n(b) was accredited after 31st March 2010, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 250 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010;\n“qualifying solar photovoltaic station”, means a generating station which—\n(a) generates electricity from the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity,\n(b) was accredited after 31st March 2010, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 50 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010.\nQualifying onshore wind stations and qualifying solar photovoltaic stations\n27A. (1) This Article applies to a generating station which is—\n(a) a qualifying onshore wind station, or\n(b) a qualifying solar photovoltaic station.\n(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC which is issued in respect of electricity generated by a generating station to which this Article applies is 1 4 megawatt hour.\nQualifying hydro stations\n27B. (1) his Article applies to a generating station which is a qualifying hydro station.\n(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC which is issued in respect of electricity generated by a generating station to which this article applies is—\n(a) in relation to a qualifying hydro station which has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 20 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010, 1 4 megawatt hour;\n(b) in relation to a qualifying hydro station which has had a declared net capacity in excess of 20 kilowatts but not in excess 250 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010, 1 3 megawatt hour;\n(c) in relation to a qualifying hydro station which has had a declared net capacity in excess of 250 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010, ½ megawatt hour.”.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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