AR7 Update: Further reforms to the Contracts for Difference scheme

The Government has published its final response to the amendments proposed in the further reforms to the CfD for AR7 consultation.

The Government response confirms its decision to:

• Proceed with relaxing eligibility criteria for offshore wind
• Proceed with extending the CfD contract length for certain technologies
• Publish a Contract Budget Notice before the sealed bid window and to only review anonymised offshore wind bids that breach this budget
  

Further details can be found on gov.uk here