UK Energy Department BEIS is to include floating wind in next year’s Contracts for Difference auction but is not planning a separate pot, it is understood.
BEIS Secretary Alok Sharma appeared to indicate today at an Environmental Audit Committee hearing that floating would be given access to a standalone auction.
In response to a specific question on the matter from committee chairman Philip Dunne, Sharma said: “We have done a consultation on this and floating wind is certainly something has merit and I do believe it will be included.”
Sharma asked BEIS energy transformation director general Julian Critchlow if that was correct. Critchlow replied: “Yes, I understand we are looking to bring forward floating offshore wind.”
However, it is understood that the comments were not indicative of floating being given a standalone pot but rather that it will be included with other technologies.
BEIS earlier this year consulted on changes to the 2021 CfD round, including classifying floating as a separate technology with a distinct administrative strike price in pot 2 for so-called less established technologies alongside offshore wind.
Meanwhile, the BEIS Secretary also said the long-awaited Energy White Paper is due out before the end of the year.
Sharma told the committee that hydrogen will be part of the policy document.
However, a separate strategy for the gas is likely come at some point “early next year”, he added. https://renews.biz/63043/beis-confirms-cfd-to-feature-floating-wind-pot/?fbclid=IwAR2_4cmhhr9icz4F7ZLo5sh1qVinpC0NMpsCR4nzO73yggQj3XHREUKOKks
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