'Complacency and incompetence': Government slammed as clean energy auction results in no new offshore wind farms

James Murray
clock • 9 min read
SSE's Beatrice offshore wind farm | Credit: SSE
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SSE's Beatrice offshore wind farm | Credit: SSE

CfD auction delivers just 3.7GW of new capacity as offshore wind developers refuse to bid, sparking warnings UK is now badly off track to meet its clean energy goals

The government is this morning facing fierce criticism, after it confirmed the latest wave of clean energy auctions failed to attract a single bid from the offshore wind industry. As had been widely...

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