Heckington Fen was one of just two onshore wind plants to make a list of UK renewables projects potentially eligible for an early CfD under the so-called Final Investment Decision Enabling (FIDE) mechanism.

The UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) introduced a grace period until March 2018 for developers negotiating tricky radar or grid connections, allowing Ecotricity to commission the wind farm under RO rather than CfD.

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