AR4

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Record renewables pipeline: will investors reconsider after UK proposes green revenue cap?

    News this week that the UK government is mulling over a cap on green generation revenues comes at a time when our research finds that the investment pipeline for electricity renewables generation is the highest it has ever been. In our Renewables Pipeline Tracker (RPT) service we analyse the growing...

  • Low carbon generation

    Germinating: The growth of onshore wind and solar PV pipeline capacity since March 2020

    The application window for Contract For Difference (CfD) Allocation Round Four (AR4) closed on 14 January. While we await news on the timetable and next steps for the auction, this 'Chart of the week' takes stock of how the pipeline for onshore wind and solar PV has developed since the...

  • Low carbon generation

    CfD Allocation Round 4: how much capacity might we expect?

    On 13 September, BEIS published the draft budget notice and draft Allocation Framework for Allocation Round 4 (AR4) of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, scheduled to open in December 2021. BEIS set out a total draft budget of £265mn (in 2011-12 money) for AR4, meaning that total spend in...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | To 6 GW… and beyond! Offshore wind in the CfD scheme

    The role of Contracts for Difference (CfD) generators in the electricity market continues to expand and Allocation Round 4 (AR4) to be held later in 2021 will expand this role further. By the end of 2020, installed generating capacity supported by the CfD scheme already totalled 5.2GW, providing Great Britain...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | The pipeline for CfD AR4: Who, where, when?

    ‘Pot 1’ technologies may be reinstated in the next Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4 in 2021. This Chart of the week looks at the pipeline of renewables projects which are most likely to enter the auction.