{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-A1A/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-order-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-A1A/paragraph-1.json",
  "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": "schedule/A1A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“actual value method” means the calculation method provided for in Part 2;\n“default value method” means the calculation method provided for in Part 3;\n“post-2013 dedicated biomass station” means a generating station which—\n(a)was not accredited on or before 31st March 2013; and\n(b)has, in any month after March 2013, generated electricity in the way described as “dedicated biomass” in Schedule 2 (electricity to be stated in NIROCs);\n“relevant biomass” means biomass other than animal excreta, bioliquid, landfill gas, sewage gas or waste;\n“relevant ceiling” means—\n(a)in relation to biomass used by a post-2013 dedicated biomass station to generate electricity before 1st April 2020, 79.2 grams per mega joule of electricity;\n(b)in relation to biomass used to generate electricity on or after 1st April 2020 and before 1st April 2025, 75 grams per mega joule of electricity; and\n(c)in relation to biomass used to generate electricity on or after 1st April 2025, 72.2 grams per mega joule of electricity;\n“relevant target” means—\n(a)in relation to biomass used to generate electricity before 1st April 2020 by a station other than a post-2013 dedicated biomass station, 79.2 grams per mega joule of electricity;\n(b)in relation to biomass used by a post-2013 dedicated biomass station to generate electricity before 1st April 2020, 66.7 grams per mega joule of electricity;\n(c)in relation to biomass used to generate electricity on or after 1st April 2020 and before 1st April 2025, 55.6 grams per mega joule of electricity; and\n(d)in relation to biomass used to generate electricity on or after 1st April 2025, 50 grams per mega joule of electricity.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. A1, A2 inserted (1.4.2011) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/169), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. A1A inserted (1.3.2016) by The Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/84), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 1 (with art. 12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}