9.58 GW of Renewable Energy Contracts Signed In UK’s Latest CfD Auction
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC), a UK government-owned company, has signed 130 contracts for a total of 9.58 GW of renewable energy generation, covering the projects that were successful in the country’s latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round 6 (AR6).
These three paragraphs give more detail.
AR6 secured a broad range of technologies from wind and solar to emerging, innovative projects like tidal and floating offshore wind.
Offshore wind developers were awarded contracts for approximately 5.3 GW of capacity.
In the Round 6 auction, nine contracts for fixed-bottom projects were awarded, totalling 4.9 GW, while a single contract was granted for a floating wind project to Green Volt Offshore Windfarm, a consortium of Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn.
Once operational, AR6 projects will see 9.58 GW of renewable generation coming online, bringing the total CfD capacity to 34.74 GW. According to LCCC, this is the highest number of contracts ever signed in a single round.
Note that this will add nearly a third to the UK’s current renewable capacity.
The Anonymous Widower 
The total is 62 GW for the UK. about 20 GW is renewables. So a 9.58 GW addition is significant taking the UK to about half. BTW, China installed 60 GW of renewables in 18 months.
We must accelerate solar/wind/battery grid storage to get energy costs down and energy independent. Mothballing HS2 (only completing OOC to Aylesbury then running onto the Chiltern), has to be done with resources moved to energy.
Comment by John | November 15, 2024 |