Consultation outcome

Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6: amendments to the Supply Chain Plan questionnaires

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Published: 28 March 2023
• Last updated: 6 July 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Updating the Allocation Round 6 Supply Chain Plan questionnaires: government response

PDF, 223 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

We have made amendments to the Supply Chain Plans we consulted on in March 2023, notably addressing the data collection burden of some of the newer questions.

As a result, we have now published final versions of:

• the Supply Chain Plans for Allocation Round 6 of the CfD for onshore and offshore wind, Solar PV and floating offshore wind
• the Supply Chain Plan guidance

The final versions of all the documents are available on the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 6: Supply Chain Plan questionnaire and guidance page.

Detail of feedback received

We received 19 responses to this consultation:

• 13 from developers of renewable generating stations
• 3 from trade associations and bodies
• 2 from suppliers
• 1 from an individual

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Original consultation

Summary

In preparation for Allocation Round 6 of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, we're seeking views on amendments to the Supply Chain Plan questionnaires.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 28 March 2023 to 11:45pm on 2 May 2023

Consultation description

In this consultation, we invite views on:

• the extent to which new questions support the Supply Chain Plan objectives
• whether ‘collaboration’; ‘sustainability’ and ‘resilience’ are rewarded and incentivised appropriately in the questionnaire
• the scoring and weighting attributed to questions
• the new bespoke questionnaire for solar applicants with projects over 300MW
• whether there are other questions that should be included in the questionnaire

Alongside the consultation document, we have published:

• the proposed updated Onshore / Offshore Wind Supply Chain Plan questionnaire
• the updated Floating Offshore Wind Supply Chain Plan questionnaire (for projects below 300MW)
• the new bespoke Supply Chain Plan Solar questionnaire

See our consultation privacy notice.

Documents

Updating the Allocation Round 6 Supply Chain Plan questionnaires: consultation document

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DRAFT CONSULTATION VERSION: AR6 Supply Chain Plan questionnaire

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DRAFT CONSULTATION VERSION: AR6 Supply Chain Plan questionnaire submission table

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DRAFT CONSULTATION VERSION: AR6 Floating offshore wind projects under 300MW Supply Chain Plan questionnaire

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DRAFT CONSULTATION VERSION: AR6 Solar Supply Chain Plan questionnaire

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DRAFT CONSULTATION VERSION: AR6 Supply Chain Plan guidance

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Published 28 March 2023
Last updated 6 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 6 July 2023

   We have published the government response to this consultation alongside the final versions of the guidance and questionnaires.

2. 28 March 2023

   First published.