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CfDs are the government’s mechanism to ensure that renewable energy projects are built. As the cost of these developments can be high, the developers bid

NFU Scotland recently engaged in a crucial meeting with the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA), shedding light on the astonishing surge in…

Ninety-five clean energy projects have won a total budget funding of $284.5 million.

Offshore wind energy auctions in the UK and the U.S. have been less than succesful, but in the meantime, the inflation-plagued industry has fared better in Germany

Green groups have criticised the UK Government for failing to award any funding in the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions to offshore wind, warning that policymakers should be doing more to respond to supply chain challenges to accelerate renewables.

No new developments have been commissioned in a key annual auction amid claims ministers had capped the value of the bids too low.

The Government has confirmed a record number of clean energy projects receiving funding, but questions arise over the absence of offshore wind and overall project capacity.

Dr Patrick Brown has faced widespread criticism from other scientists and the editor of the science journal, Nature.

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Pledges made by countries to cut carbon dioxide emissions are still more than 20 gigatonnes higher than they need to be, the report says.