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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2013/article-17",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2013/9780337990786",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Amendment to Article 27 (microgenerators and qualifying new small scale generators)",
  "text": "For Article 27(3) of the 2009 )Order substitute—\n“(3) In this Article and in Articles 27A, 27B and 27C—\n“qualifying new hydro station” means a hydro generating station which\n(a) was first accredited after 31st March 2010, and\n(b) has not has a declared net capacity in excess of 5 megawatts at any time after 31st March 2010.\n“qualifying new 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 5 megawatts at any time after 31st March 2010;\n“qualifying new 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 250 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010.\n“qualifying new anaerobic digestion station”, means a generating station which—\n(a) generates electricity from gas formed by the anaerobic digestion of material which is neither sewage nor material in a landfill,\n(b) was first accredited after 31st March 2011, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 5 megawatts at any time after 31st March 2011.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2013/9780337990786/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:09.781501+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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