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Articles tagged with: Cfds
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Q&A: Anesco’s Mark Futyan talks solar pipelines, prices and partnerships
Solar Power Portal caught up with Anesco’s CEO Mark Futyan to discuss the company’s pipeline of projects, how module prices are impacting development and its strategic shift.
Mytilineos acquires 14MW of solar projects in Ireland from Elgin Energy
Greek industrial conglomerate Mytilineos has acquired a 14MW solar portfolio in Ireland from Elgin Energy
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IEA hails ‘new normal’ of dramatic renewable growth as new solar installations hit 135GW in 2020
Last year, renewable capacity additions were up by 45% globally to almost 280GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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Fourth round CfD auction set to open in December 2021 BEIS confirms
The next Contracts for Difference auction will open to applications in December 2021.
2020 tested our resilience but not our resolve
The Solar Trade Associations Jonathan Selwyn takes a look at solar in 2020, the challenges but also the resilience and the optimism going into 2021.
UK government to release comprehensive Net Zero Strategy
To help drive decarbonisation in the UK, the government has committed to publishing a Net Zero Strategy.
Q&A: Bluefield Development’s Jonathan Selwyn discusses routes to market for solar
Solar Power Portal sat down with Bluefield Development managing director Jonathan Selwyn to discuss his first priorities at the company, the routes to market open to solar and the impact of COVID-19.
An evolving mandate: Bluefield Partner’s James Armstrong discusses its move beyond solar
Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield Partners, the investment adviser of Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about company broadening its scope, which technologies it will focus on and the impact Contract for Difference (CfD) auctions could have.
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Q&A: Bluefield’s James Armstrong on O&M during lockdown and power price optimism
Solar Power Portal caught up with James Armstrong, managing partner at Bluefield Partners, investment adviser to Bluefield Solar Income Fund, about operating during the pandemic, the strength of solar and low power prices.
The four key requirements for solar CfDs
As the consultation closes for the proposed CfD scheme, Solarcentury's Susannah Wood shares her thoughts on what’s needed to make CfDs work for solar.
Q&A: Solarcentury’s Chris Banks on how the UK solar market is changing
Solar Power Portal caught up with Chris Banks, UK business development manager at Solarcentury, about its new 62MW Welsh site, why now was the right time to return to the UK market and the rise of subsidy-free developments.
GE2019: SNP pledge to allow solar back into CfD
The SNP’s manifesto pledges to allow solar power to take part in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, if the party is elected in the General Election in December.
Let solar back into CfDs, Energy UK urges government
Energy UK, the domestic energy industry trade body, has urged the government to reinstate Contracts for Difference (CfDs) auctions for established low carbon technologies like solar PV.
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EFPs, CFDs and every other acronym in between: solar’s role in the Helm review
Liam Stoker takes a look at the acronym-tastic review of energy costs, led by Dieter Helm, which recommended, among more than 60 other things, the phasing out of CfDs and the introduction of equivalent firm power auctions.
CBI adds to growing chorus of calls for technology-neutral CfDs
The Confederation of British Industry has added to the growing number of bodies, associations and other third parties to call for the inclusion of mature technologies in future auctions.