UK CfD Round 4 Offshore Wind Projects Power Forward
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
These are the first two paragraphs.
All 99 contracts offered through the fourth Allocation Round (AR4) of the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme have now been signed and returned to Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC).
A total of 93 individual projects across Britain will now proceed to work with LCCC to meet the contractual milestones specified in the CfD, supporting projects’ development and the delivery of almost 11 GW of clean energy. The first AR4 projects are due to come online in 2023-24.
It does look like it’s a case of all systems go!
In Will We Run Out Of Power This Winter?, I estimated that these Round 4 projects would come onstream as follows.
- 2024 – Round 4 Solar – 125.7 MW
- 2025 – Round 4 Solar – 1958 MW
- 2025 – Round 4 Onshore Wind – 888 MW
- 2025 – Round 4 Energy from Waste – 30 MW
- 2026 – Round 4 Tidal Stream – 5.62 MW
- 2027 – Round 4 Tidal Stream – 35.2 MW
- 2027 – Round 4 Floating Offshore Wind – 32 MW
- 2027 – Round 4 Offshore Wind – 6994 MW
These are totals for the next four years from these contracts.
- 2024 – 125.7 MW
- 2025 – 2876 MW
- 2026 – 5.62 MW
- 2027 – 7061.2 MW
This is a total of over 10 GW.
The Anonymous Widower 
Majority of projects are due 2024/5 onwards according to BEIS press release but certainly a vast array of projects in this round majority of which are shovel ready
Click to access contracts-for-difference-allocation-round-4-results.pdf
what really needs to happen though as a matter of extreme urgency is they need to stop gas setting the system price as we are not getting the benefit of the more competitive price that renewables are able to deliver.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | August 4, 2022 |
HMG’s just announced the size of round 5, including £10m reserved for tidal stream. Applications starting end March. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-confirms-205-million-budget-to-power-more-of-britain-from-britain They’re also closing off the loophole whereby schemes can delay starting the contract to take advantage of high wholesale prices.
Comment by Peter Robins | March 16, 2023 |
Thanks! Sounds good! We should also get the INTOG contracts before the Summer. They are going to be an interesting bunch!
Comment by AnonW | March 16, 2023 |