Policy paper

CfDs for non-UK renewable electricity projects

The government has been considering the benefits of supporting renewable electricity projects located outside the United Kingdom.

• From: Department of Energy & Climate Change
• Published: 4 August 2014

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

DECC non-UK CFD August 2014

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Details

This document outlines the existing high level issues regarding the use of Contracts for Difference (‘CfDs’) to incentivise the development of new renewable electricity projects connected to the electricity systems of Great-Britain (‘GB’) but located outside the UK. It sets out indicative areas of work that would need to be addressed to open the UK CfD scheme to eligible non-UK renewable electricity projects.

See also:

• Information on standard CFD contracts
• Electricity Market Reform
• Implementing EMR handbook

Published 4 August 2014