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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/287",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to Article 27 of the 2009 Order (microgenerators and qualifying new small scale generators)",
  "text": "For Article 27 of the 2009 Order (microgenerators) substitute—\n“Microgenerators and qualifying new small scale generators\n27. (1) This Article applies to a generating station which—\n(a) is an accredited microgenerator,\n(b) has not had a total declared net capacity in excess of 50 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2009, and\n(c) is not a qualifying new onshore wind station or a qualifying new hydro station or a qualifying new solar photovoltaic station or a qualifying new anaerobic digestion station.\n(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC issued in respect of electricity generated—\n(a) by a generating station to which this Article applies, and\n(b) using—\n(i) pre-2013 capacity, or\n(ii) 2013/14 capacity, or\n(iii) 2014/15 capacity,\nis 1 2 of a megawatt hour.\n(3) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC issued in respect of electricity generated—\n(a) by a generating station to which this Article applies, and\n(b) using 2015/16 capacity,\nis 10 19 of a megawatt hour.\n(4) The amount of electricity to be stated in each NIROC issued in respect of electricity generated—\n(a) by a generating station to which this Article applies, and\n(b) using post-2016 capacity,\nis 5 9 of a megawatt hour.\n(5) In this Article and in Articles 27A to 27C—\n“2010/2015 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station” means a generating station which—\n(a) generates electricity from the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity,\n(b) was accredited after 31st March 2010 and before 1st October 2015, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 250 kilowatts at any time after 31st March 2010;\n“2015/2016 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station” means a generating station which—\n(a) generates electricity from the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity,\n(b) was accredited after 30th September 2015 and before 1st October 2016, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 250 kilowatts at any time after 30th September 2015;\n“2016/2017 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station” means a generating station which—\n(a) generates electricity from the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity,\n(b) was accredited after 30th September 2016, and\n(c) has not had a declared net capacity in excess of 250 kilowatts at any time after 30th September 2016;\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 had 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—\n(a) a 2010/2015 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station,\n(b) a 2015/2016 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station, and\n(c) a 2016/2017 qualifying new solar photovoltaic station;\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.\n(6) This Article is subject to Article 30.”.",
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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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