Renewable Energy Association (REA) has welcomed the confirmation from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that £25 million of extra funding will be made available for ‘less established’ technologies bidding in the first CfD allocation round.
While the immediate priority is a successful first auction process, the REA has expressed specific and consistent concerns regarding the CfD policy and these need to be addressed by the next Government.
REA Policy Analyst Frank Gordon said: “We welcome an increase in the CfD budget, and await with interest the outcome of the first allocation round. However, there remain concerns around CfD policy particularly for independent generators and other established and cost effective technologies such as solar and biomass which must be addressed by the next Government following the election.”
Technologies will compete for contracts via two categories through an auction process which opens today and closes 4th February 2015. This is very different to other schemes such as the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariffs, for which support is not subject to competitive auctions.
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