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Renewables Obligation (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. No. 116 of 2013).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Energy
Keyword
Ozone layer Air quality/air pollution Certification Pollution control Energy conservation/energy production Renewable energy
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 (Northern Ireland) 2009 by, among other things: inserting new definitions for different types of generating capacity, “advanced fuel”, “combustion unit” and “qualifying power output” and to amend the definitions of “energy crops”; amending “regular biomass” is amended to exclude all “advanced fuels”; removing a limit on the NIROCs (certificates) issued for cofiring that suppliers can submit in each obligation period and inserting limits on the NIROCs issued for electricity generated using bioliquids that suppliers can submit in each obligation period; setting the level of support for qualifying new onshore wind stations and qualifying new solar photovoltaic stations; and enabling generating stations to submit a request to the Authority to be registered as grace period generating station.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Renewables Obligation Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. No. 154 of 2009).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2009

Keyword: Ozone layer, Air quality/air pollution, Certification, Pollution control, Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Waste management, Organic waste, Recycling/reuse, Bioenergy

Source: FAO, FAOLEX