UK rebuffs pleas for annual auctions industry wants to hit Johnson's offshore wind goal

The UK government is resisting calls to hold Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions annually instead of every two years, Recharge can reveal, despite industry claims that the change is vital to meeting Britain’s huge offshore wind goals.

Leading industry figures have stressed the importance of holding more regular CfD auctions as part of a range of policy measures needed for the sector to deliver Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election pledge to increase UK offshore wind from about 10GW now to 40GW by 2030.