RenewableUK

The energy industry warned that yesterday’s £22 million increase in CfD funding is still “not enough” to bolster renewable investment.

Energy Security minister Grant Shapps has given government approval for the construction of the Hornsea Four offshore windfarm. 

The energy trade associations RenewableUK, Energy UK and Scottish Renewables have written to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps, urging the government to urgently reform the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) scheme.  

Trade association RenewableUK and the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the international Ukraine Recovery Conference in London yesterday. 

RenewableUK’s new EnergyPulse data report says that the UK's pipeline of offshore wind projects has reached 97.94GW.

The UK government has decided to accept amendments to the Energy Bill which would give Ofgem a statutory duty to help meet the goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. 

The UK Government yesterday (11 May) set out new proposals to improve reward schemes offered to communities living locally to onshore wind farms.

The fifth allocation round (AR5) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has opened for applications.

RenewableUK has called on the UK government and devolved administrations to reform the planning system to allow green hydrogen projects to rapidly be built across the country.

RenewableUK has voiced its support for more ambitious green growth targets called for by Labour’s Ed Miliband in a speech to the Green Alliance think tank earlier this week.