wind power

  • Media Mentions

    City AM| Price of wind power

    Senior Consultant Alex Asher warned that the fifth allocation round of the Contract for Difference scheme could see the cost of wind power generation rise, as geopolitical concerns and inflation drive up capital, which could lead to higher auction prices. City AM

  • Media Mentions

    The Telegraph| Electricity superhighways

    Tom Edwards, Senior Modelling Consultant, spoke to the Telegraph on how new north-south power cables would give Britain a massive wind boost. At the moment there is not enough capacity to deal with all the wind projects that are in the pipeline north of the border and, although power companies...

  • Press Releases

    Incidents of price cannibalisation of renewable assets on the rise

    Research from Cornwall Insight Australia shows that the growth of variable renewable energy (VRE) generation significantly impacts their captured price. In fact, in FY18, 98% of the grid-scale solar generation volumes captured prices above $50/MWh. However, this has reduced to 12% in FY21. On top of this, wind and solar...

  • Press Releases

    Extensions and repowering onshore wind key to supporting net zero target

    Repowering and extensions of existing onshore wind sites in GB have yet to receive the same attention from policymakers as new build. However, without repowering activity, the current ~13GW onshore wind fleet could start to reduce in size from 2027 when many Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) accreditations end. Cornwall Insight’s...