{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009/article-30D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009/article-30D.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renewables-obligation-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "article/30D",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30D",
  "heading": "Offshore wind generating stations using floating wind turbines",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to electricity—\n(a) which is generated from wind;\n(b) which is generated by a generating station which—\n(i) is offshore;\n(ii) uses only floating wind turbines;\n(iii) is granted preliminary accreditation which takes effect on or before 31st March 2017; and\n(iv) is commissioned before 1st October 2018; and\n(c) in respect of which a declaration has been made in accordance with paragraph (3).\n(2) The amount of electricity to be stated in each SROC issued in respect of electricity to which this article applies is 2/7 of a megawatt hour.\n(3) A declaration is made in accordance with this paragraph if—\n(a) it is made by the operator of the generating station to the Authority in writing; and\n(b) it confirms that—\n(i) to the best of the operator's knowledge and belief the electricity generated was generated by a generating station using only floating wind turbines; and\n(ii) the lease in respect of which the generating station is entitled to operate at that particular area of seabed is a demonstration lease issued by the Crown Estate Commissioners or a relevant person in relation to that site.\n(4) In this article “floating wind turbine” means a wind turbine which is fixed or connected to the seabed by means of a chain, tension leg or other flexible mooring and not by any other means.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 30C, 30D inserted (1.4.2014) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/94), arts. 1(1), 13 (with art. 27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 30D(3)(b) substituted (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), arts. 1(1), 10(a) (with art. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 30D(3)(b)(ii) inserted (1.4.2017) by The Crown Estate Transfer Scheme 2017 (S.I. 2017/524), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 117(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 30D(4) inserted (1.12.2015) by The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/384), arts. 1(1), 10(b) (with art. 16)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/140/article/30D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:05.855062+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."
}