In the Utility Week story “Government looks to add remote island wind to CfD”, Bruce Valpy is mentioned as welcoming the consultation and added it had “flagged” issues about the government’s low estimates of load factor many years ago and quoted as saying “The proposals certainly look as if they will go a long way to addressing those issues for future auctions. It is right that local communities benefit very significantly from island projects, so further focus in that area is also welcome. Finally, we have seen real national benefit through the use of project-specific supply chain plans in offshore wind, so their use in the lead up to CfD auctions for onshore projects makes absolute sense. With no changes proposed to the supply chain plan format, developers for all projects can start to develop their plans for the spring 2019.
You can read the full story here: ‘Government looks to add remote island wind to CfD‘
