Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing describes as a “missed opportunity” the recent update to the UK’s Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, which confirmed a previous proposal to offer onshore wind farms on Scotland’s islands £115 ($188) per MWh from 2017/18.
While that is nearly 30% more than the £90/MWh that will be offered to onshore wind farms on mainland Great Britain from that same year, Ewing says the Scottish government had expected “different strike-price arrangements” for each of the islands, reflecting their different circumstances.
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