Revenue Secured

Rhyl Flats receives revenue support under the UK Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme, with Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) accredited by Ofgem at commercial operations in late 2009. Round 1 offshore wind projects pre-date the Contracts for Difference (CfD) regime and were instead remunerated through ROCs sold to electricity suppliers via the RO mechanism. For Rhyl Flats, ROC accreditation became effective on commissioning (December 2009); the project sells output at wholesale market prices plus the ROC value, with Ofgem accreditation granted on demonstrating generating-station status. Year precision used as the exact Ofgem accreditation decision date is not published in publicly searchable form for individual stations.