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Solar Power Portal spoke to LCCC CEO Neil McDermott ahead of the UK Solar Summit 2025 about the role of CfD in providing a route to market and bringing solar projects to realisation. Image: Ethical Power.

Clean Power 2030 a ‘tremendous opportunity’ for the solar industry

June 20, 2025
Solar Power Portal discusses solar PV’s role in the UK’s Clean Power 2030 ambitions with one of the key figures in delivering CFDs and the Capacity Market.
EDF Renewables’ Longfield Solar Energy Farm won 299MW in the sixth round of the scheme. Image: EDF Renewables.

Contracts for Difference to be awarded on capacity ambition not monetary budget

May 12, 2025
Changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will replace the monetary budget applied to allocation rounds with a ‘capacity ambition’.
While the majority of generating technologies eligible for CfD allocation have TWCs of 12 months, solar has a three-month window due to its relatively quick pace of commissioning. Image: Unsplash.

Government proposes longer commissioning window for solar CfDs

February 24, 2025
The UK government is consulting on reforms to its renewables auction scheme, including a longer target commissioning window (TWC) for solar PV.

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