Stornoway Wind Farm: Finance

(asked on 30th September 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason Stornoway Wind Farm was unsuccessful in the third Contracts for Difference round.


Answered by
Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait
Kwasi Kwarteng
This question was answered on 4th October 2019

The winners of the third Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round were determined by a competitive auction. The auction is run independently by the Delivery Body, National Grid ESO to bring forward the most cost-effective projects in each delivery year. The auction results are then independently audited by Deloitte to ensure all calculations have complied with the relevant sections of the CfD Allocation Framework. BEIS has no visibility of the bid prices of projects and so cannot comment on the reasons for unsuccessful projects.

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