On Wednesday 3 May, Energy UK issued a release stating that it expects that the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction will fall well short of delivering the expansion of offshore wind needed to hit the UK Government’s 2030 50GW target.
On Friday 28 April, the BEIS Committee published its Eleventh Report – Decarbonisation of the power sector, highlighting that “at the current pace of change, the UK is set to fail to hit its target of decarbonising the power sector by 2035.”
Renewable UK’s Executive Director of Policy Ana Musat responded to the government’s call for evidence on the potential introduction of non-price factors into the Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction in future allocation rounds, issued on Monday 17 April.
On Monday 17 April, DESNZ announced that it is seeking evidence and views about reviewing applications for the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme.
On Friday 31 March, Ofgem published its final decision on the delivery models for non-radial offshore transmission assets under the Pathway to 2030 (PT2030) workstream of the Offshore Transmission Network Review.
On Thursday 30 March, Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps set out plans to strengthen GB’s long-term energy security and independence through the publication of Powering Up Britain.