Your intelligence portal for the UK Renewables Obligation scheme.
Introduced in 2002, the Renewables Obligation (RO) was one of the main support mechanisms for large-scale renewable electricity projects in the UK. The scheme places an obligation on UK electricity suppliers to source an increasing proportion of the electricity they supply from renewable sources.
Although closed to new generating capacity since 2017, the scheme continues to operate and will issue certificates to currently accredited stations until 2037.
A ROC is a green certificate issued to an accredited generator for eligible renewable electricity generated within the UK and supplied to customers. Depending on the technology type (e.g., Onshore Wind, Solar PV, Biomass) and when the station was accredited, different banding levels dictate how many ROCs are issued per megawatt-hour (MWh) generated.
Suppliers buy these certificates from generators to prove they have met their renewable energy obligations, giving these certificates immense financial value.
The ROC Tracker provides a centralized, easily searchable database of accredited generation stations and their associated certificate yields. We aggregate public registry data to help land agents, energy brokers, and infrastructure funds identify asset performance and potential acquisition targets.
Anyone can search our database to find specific generating stations, view the registered owner organizations, see accreditation IDs, and view the total lifetime ROCs issued to that specific asset.
Enterprise users unlock critical financial tools. Sort assets by yield or size, filter by specific technology types, download entire datasets in CSV format, and unlock our proprietary algorithms that estimate the total financial worth of an asset based on historic ROC yields.