contracts for difference

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.
Director of solar energy specialists Infrabee, Henry Brown (MRISC) believes the time for positive change has come. Image: Infrabee.

Why Contracts for Difference must evolve if the UK is to truly become a clean energy superpower

October 24, 2024
Director of solar energy specialists Infrabee, Henry Brown (MRISC) discusses the need for more robust physical and regulatory infrastructure.
Projects awarded in AR4 have been progressing smoothly, with over 700MWp completed and a further 950MWp currently under construction. Image: Pexels/Kelly.

CfDs continue to rocket boost UK solar with 4.5GWp included in allocation round 6 

October 14, 2024
Solar Media analyst Josh Cornes explores how the most recent Contracts for Difference auction will affect the UK solar industry.
The strike price for solar PV will increase 30% from £47 per megawatt hour (MWh) to £61/MWh. Image: Matt Austin.

Solar could win up to £185 million in largest ever CfD budget

August 1, 2024
The government announced on 30 July that the budget for the sixth auction round (AR6) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme will see a £500 million increase, reaching £1.5 billion.
Energy storage can help reduce market risks around imbalance costs. Image: Vattenfall.

Market risk for CfD projects mitigated by energy storage

June 17, 2024
The UK’s growing energy storage fleet can reduce market risk for Contracts for Difference (CfD) projects, a consultant from AFRY said.
solar energy worker in hard hat and hi-vis installing solar PV modules

Solar Energy UK membership hits new high as industry growth continues

May 3, 2024
Solar Energy UK celebrates a significant milestone as membership reaches new record, highlighting growth in the UK’s renewable energy sector.
Conrad Energy has secured planning permission for a 15.23MW solar farm in collaboration with Leonardo Helicopters. Image: Harmony Energy

Fifth Contracts for Difference round pushes UK solar forward

April 3, 2024
Gareth Simkins examines the winning projects of AR5 and looks ahead to assess how solar is likely to fare in future rounds.
An image of the Fox Covert solar farm. Image: Low Carbon.

UK government consults on changes to CfD scheme

January 16, 2024
The UK government has outlined several amendments to the contracts for difference (CfD) scheme which could impact solar from AR7.

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