UK: Biggest renewables auction secures almost 11 GW

Fourth round of Contracts for Difference scheme secures almost 11GW of clean energy - enough to power around 12 million homes.

Biggest ever round of government’s flagship renewables auction scheme delivers record capacity of almost 11GW of clean energy, almost double the capacity achieved in the previous round enough to power around 12 million British homes with clean, affordable, homegrown energy, helping to reduce our exposure to volatile global prices almost 7GW of capacity from new offshore wind projects will increase the country’s overall capacity built and under construction by 35% A record amount of renewable energy has today (7 July 2022) been secured through the biggest ever round of the UK government’s... ... More: Official Press Release UK Government

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