Defining ‘installed’ and ‘declared’ capacity（定义u201C安装u201D和u201C声明u201D能力）.pdf

F2RCAP1d 6 pages Defining ‘installed’ and ‘declared’ capacity This paper has been prepared to assist in providing appropriate information for the registration of systems under the Feed-In Tariffs. 1 Introduction Registration of installations under the Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) requires two capacity figures to be specified: Total Installed Capacity (hereinafter ‘TIC’), and Declared Net Capacity (hereinafter ‘DNC’). Both expressions are also used for the Renewables Obligation (RO) and defined in legislation. The definitions coincide closely with the way fuel-burning generation plant is typically rated. However, variable plant – whose performance is dependent on intermittent input energy such as sunlight, wind or water head and flow – is normally rated differently usually by stating performance at one (or more) given set(s) of instantaneous operating conditions. This is why the concept of Declared Net Capacity (as used for 1 national and international government figures ) was originally conceived. The new definitions used for the FITs and the RO differ from the statistical definition of DNC2 and also industry practice for rating variable output equipment. This paper is intended to derive a way of obtaining a capacity figure for such installations, which is in line with the statutory definitions. 2 Defined measures of capacity The two capacity measures are both defined in the Statutory Instrument, by reference to the Standard Licence Conditions, as follows: “Total Installed Capacity” means the maximum capacity at which an Eligible Installation could be operated for a sustained period without causing damage to it (assuming the Eligible Lo