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Written question asked by Lord Donoughue (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 November 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 November 2016. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Wind Power: Subsidies

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate was their public subsidy contribution to UK wind farms during the period from 24 to 31 October.

Answer

UK wind farms are currently supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) or Feed-in Tariff (FiT) schemes.

Data for support given to plants accredited under the RO scheme for October 2016 will be available in January 2017 from Ofgem. See link here: https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0

Data for support given to plants accredited under the FiT scheme for October 2016 will be published in Ofgem’s forthcoming annual report. The report does not break spend down by technology or month. The current report for 2014/15 can be accessed here: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/03/fit_annual_report.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2889
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Annual Report 2014-15
Subjects
Wind power Subsidies
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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