Senior Conservative Jenrick backs scrapping UK CfD system

Britain's Contracts for Difference system underpins government renewable energy auctions to procure wind and solar power and has been copied around the world

Jenrick's Conservative Party have taken an increasingly hard line against renewable energy and net zero policies. — Jenrick's Conservative Party have taken an increasingly hard line against renewable energy and net zero policies.Photo: Simon Walker / HM Treasury

Cosmo Sanderson

Journalist

Published 26 September 2025, 08:54Updated 26 September 2025, 09:07