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	The '''Renewables Obligation''' (''''RO''''), requires electricity suppliers to source a proportion of the electricity they supply to UK customers from renewable sources (Implemented via the '''Renewable Obligation Order 2002''', which started in Great Britain in April 2002 and April 2005 in Northern Ireland) and which remained open to new projects until 31 March 2017. The most significant amendments to the scheme were made via a series of orders in 2006 which created ''''banding'''', and in 2010 which extended the scheme to 2037 (2033 in Northern Ireland).		The '''Renewables Obligation''' (''''RO''''), requires electricity suppliers to source a proportion of the electricity they supply to UK customers from renewable sources (Implemented via the '''Renewable Obligation Order 2002''', which started in Great Britain in April 2002 and April 2005 in Northern Ireland) and which remained open to new projects until 31 March 2017. The most significant amendments to the scheme were made via a series of orders in 2006 which created ''''banding'''', and in 2010 which extended the scheme to 2037 (2033 in Northern Ireland).