{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-27",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Microgenerators and qualifying new small scale generators",
  "text": "(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 12 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 1019 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 59 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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 27 substituted (1.7.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/287), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/154/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:05.419651+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}