Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 896 of 2018). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere, Energy, Environment gen. Keyword Air quality/air pollution Climate change Pollution control Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy Certification Bioenergy Biofuel Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Order amends the Renewables Obligation Order 2015 to provide for an annual renewables obligation certificates (“ROCs”) cap and makes other minor amendments. A new Schedule 6 introduces caps relevant to the number of ROCs that can be issued in respect of “relevant electricity” generated by certain types of generating station during each obligation period. Relevant electricity is electricity that has been generated in certain ways described in paragraph 1 of new Schedule 6 (using either biomass or bioliquid as fuel). New Schedule 6 also defines two types of generating station (“capped” and “mixed”) and two new types of combustion unit which a generating station may comprise (“capped” and “exempt”). Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Renewables Obligation Order 2015 (S.I. No. 1947 of 2015). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015 Keyword: Ozone layer, Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Certification, Bioenergy, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Data collection/reporting, Endangered species, Protection of species, Timber Source: FAO, FAOLEX