The solar sector has criticised the introduction of a windfall tax on electricity generators, which it has warned could have a ‘perverse’ impact on the sector.
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Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) have now received all of the 99 signed contacts from July’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, as projects start eying their first contractual milestones.
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Solar Media's head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at last weeks CfD auction winners and how the projects are spread out around Britain.
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Solar has secured more than 2.2GW at a price of £45.99/MWh in the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.
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Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has seen its underlying earnings rise to £21.4 million as high power prices, investments into battery storage – with two-hour durations a possibility – and lower than expected irradiation all shaping H2 2021.
From 2023, Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions will be held annually the government has announced.
With wholesale prices currently above the Contracts for Difference (CfD) strike price alongside lowered levy rates, electricity suppliers are to receive reconciliation payments for their CfD contributions for the first time.
Regen is calling on the government to double the capacity for Pot One technologies from 5GW to 10GW in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction.
A total of £265 million has been set aside for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today (13 September) revealed.
The fourth Contracts for Difference (CfD) round is to open on 13 December, it has been confirmed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
RenewableUK’s new chief executive Dan McGrail is calling for the government to increase the cap for the next round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions by 25%.
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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) to acquire a portfolio of five Irish solar sites with an expected combined capacity of up to 250MW.
Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media Market Research, assesses how the UK’s utility-scale solar pipeline has developed this year as the industry prepares for a bumper build-out period in 2021.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has confirmed solar will be allowed to compete in next year’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) round, but specific details have yet to be revealed.
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme should be expanded, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has recommended, with "clarity on dates and scales" required.
Solar is to once again compete in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme as the government revokes its 2015 decision.
Renewable players may need to get creative to stop geopolitics and energy market volatility from stifling corporate uptake of clean energy, RE-Source UK event hears.