'Biggest ever': Ministers earmark £265m for next round of clean power auctions

Cecilia Keating
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Hornsea One wind project | Credit: Ørsted
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Hornsea One wind project | Credit: Ørsted

Green energy industry welcomes 'really good' package for Contracts for Difference Round 4 that promises to accelerate roll out of offshore wind, solar, and onshore wind projects

Up to £265m of support will be up for grabs for renewable energy developers in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round which is set to take place later this year, the government has today...

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