CfD

Latest clean power contract auction for onshore wind and solar projects secures more than 6GW of capacity at prices comfortably below current wholesale power costs

Offshore wind developers will be required to sign up to new Fair Work Charter and potentially contribute to planned skills funding pot if they are to take part in clean power contract auctions

BusinessGreen rounds up reaction from politicians, renewables developers, green businesses, and campaigners to news the UK has secured 8.4GW of new offshore wind capacity through the latest clean power contracts auction

Ed Miliband declares 'historic' auction puts government on track to meet clean power by 2030 goal and proves wrong recent attacks on UK's net zero targets

New Contract for Difference Allocation Round expected to secure record levels of renewables capacity, as government seeks to keep clean power plans on track

Government increases the strike prices for offshore, onshore, and floating wind projects for next month's AR7 auction in response to rising costs across the industry

Government says that after 'careful consideration' it will not offer a clean power contract to the ambitious project to import solar power from North Africa

Major blow to government's clean energy plans, as leading offshore wind developer shelves project over rising cost concerns

Government proposes longer CfD contract terms and less stringent offshore wind eligibility criteria in order to boost investor certainty and accelerate the planning process for new clean power projects

Proposed agreement aims to ensure only sustainable biomass used in Yorkshire power plant, but campaigners decry 'a dirty compromise with past failures'