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What happened to onshore wind and solar in the PM's Ten Point Plan?
What happened to onshore wind and solar in the PM's Ten Point Plan?

The government should introduce dedicated annual auctions for onshore wind and solar that can boost their deployment, argues RSPB's Seb Berry

  • Energy
  • 26 November 2020
Kent heat and power plant becomes UK's first energy-from-waste CfD facility
Kent heat and power plant becomes UK's first energy-from-waste CfD facility

Kemsley power station is designed to process 550,000 tonnes of waste per year to produce both electricity and heat

  • Energy
  • 14 August 2020
'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds
'Astonishing': Offshore wind could soon return money to UK billpayers, study finds

Offshore wind power is now so cheap that farms are set to pay money back to consumers from mid-2020s, Imperial College London study predicts

  • Wind
  • 28 July 2020
Government confirms it is to defer covid-related clean power contract costs for energy suppliers
Government confirms it is to defer covid-related clean power contract costs for energy suppliers

Response to consultation confirms Ministers will delay increase in Contract for Difference costs for energy suppliers by longer than originally planned

  • Energy
  • 05 June 2020
SSE Renewables and Total team up to deliver Scotland's largest offshore wind farm
SSE Renewables and Total team up to deliver Scotland's largest offshore wind farm

Total snaps up majority stake in £3bn Seagreen 1 project that is set to be completed in 2022/23 in Firth of Forth

  • Wind
  • 04 June 2020
Government moves to shore up clean energy contract regime, as new wave of renewables projects progresses
Government moves to shore up clean energy contract regime, as new wave of renewables projects progresses

New consultation launched to help ensure Contract for Difference scheme can adjust to Covid-19 crisis, as plans for giant Dogger Bank wind farm move forward

  • Energy
  • 13 May 2020
It's time to unleash solar's potential
It's time to unleash solar's potential

The government must deploy as much solar as feasible under the Contracts for Difference scheme - net zero depends on it, argues Chris Hewett of the Solar Trade Association

  • Solar
  • 06 March 2020
'Net zero at lowest cost': Government unveils sweeping renewables reforms
'Net zero at lowest cost': Government unveils sweeping renewables reforms

Proposals to let onshore renewables compete for clean power contracts accompanied by new plans to boost energy storage and catalyse floating wind farm development

  • Policy
  • 03 March 2020
The decade-long inside story behind an onshore wind revival
The decade-long inside story behind an onshore wind revival

Former RenewableUK deputy chief executive Maf Smith reflects on the rollercoaster ride that has finally delivered a major victory for the onshore renewables sector

  • Wind
  • 03 March 2020
Brexit or not, the wind is still blowing
Brexit or not, the wind is still blowing

Labour's Alan Whitehead argues the contrast between new offshore wind and nuclear projects has never been starker

  • Wind
  • 02 October 2019
'A British success story': Clean energy auction promises offshore wind at 'zero subsidy'
'A British success story': Clean energy auction promises offshore wind at 'zero subsidy'

Concerns over legal delays remain, but the offshore wind industry is today celebrating record cost reductions

  • Wind
  • 20 September 2019
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers
Onshore wind critical to 2050 net zero goal, energy giants tell ministers

Firms including Scottish Power, SSE, EDF, Vestas, Vattenfallm and Siemens Gamesa call on government to end effective 'ban' on new onshore wind in UK

  • Wind
  • 05 August 2019
Government confirms increase to clean energy auction budget
Government confirms increase to clean energy auction budget

Budget for upcoming Contract for Difference auction increased from £60m to £65m, as industry predicts record level of capacity set to be delivered

  • Wind
  • 02 May 2019
'Pitiful' support or a 'beacon for inward investment': Is the UK doing enough to harness the offshore energy 'whirlwind'?
'Pitiful' support or a 'beacon for inward investment': Is the UK doing enough to harness the offshore energy 'whirlwind'?

Industry insiders suggest £60m clean energy auction allocation could be better than it first looked, but concerns remain that government is gambling with the offshore wind pipeline

  • Wind
  • 22 November 2018
Campaigners slam 'pitiful' level of support for next wave of offshore wind farms
Campaigners slam 'pitiful' level of support for next wave of offshore wind farms

Government confirms £60m assigned for next clean energy contract auction, raising fears of smaller than expected pipeline for new offshore wind projects

  • Wind
  • 20 November 2018
Is the UK's clean energy transition stumbling?
Is the UK's clean energy transition stumbling?

Record clean energy results one day, plummeting investment the next - what's behind the contrasting performance of the renewables sector?

  • Energy
  • 08 November 2018
Industry urges government to clear path for 'subsidy-free' onshore wind farms - yet again
Industry urges government to clear path for 'subsidy-free' onshore wind farms - yet again

Leading renewable energy developers write to Business Secretary to call for rethink on clean energy contract auctions

  • Wind
  • 25 October 2018
Renewables mega-projects celebrate critical development milestone
Renewables mega-projects celebrate critical development milestone

Low Carbon Contracts Company confirms wave of offshore wind projects have passed clean energy contract milestone

  • Wind
  • 19 October 2018
MPs unaware of popularity and cost competitiveness of onshore wind farms
MPs unaware of popularity and cost competitiveness of onshore wind farms

Poll reveals only eight per cent of MPs can accurately identify onshore wind farms as the cheapest form of new generating capacity

  • Wind
  • 25 July 2018
'Great British success story': Government sets out timetable for offshore wind auctions
'Great British success story': Government sets out timetable for offshore wind auctions

Claire Perry to confirm next clean energy contract auction for offshore wind and remote island projects to take place by next May, with further auctions following every two years

  • Wind
  • 23 July 2018
NAO: Locking bigger biomass plants out of clean energy contracts to cost consumers £100m a year
NAO: Locking bigger biomass plants out of clean energy contracts to cost consumers £100m a year

Government hints cap on power plants to be dropped, as analysis of CfD auctions concludes rule changes for 'fuelled technologies' drove up costs

  • Policy
  • 16 May 2018
There's more than one way onshore wind farms could cut costs for billpayers
There's more than one way onshore wind farms could cut costs for billpayers

New report argues that allowing all renewables technologies top bid for a new form of capacity contract could slash costs for consumers by £600m

  • Energy
  • 15 March 2018
Offshore wind success obliterates arguments against climate action
Offshore wind success obliterates arguments against climate action

The shockingly impressive cost reductions achieved by the offshore industry should send shock waves far beyond the energy sector

  • Wind
  • 11 September 2017
Atlantis warns UK must ensure marine energy prospects not swept away by offshore wind cost revolution
Atlantis warns UK must ensure marine energy prospects not swept away by offshore wind cost revolution

Leading marine energy developer slashes project costs, but fails to secure clean energy contract as CEO warns it would be a 'travesty' if UK loses marine energy leadership position

  • Marine
  • 11 September 2017
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