Consultation outcome

Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations: proposed amendment

From:
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
4 November 2015
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Following withdrawal of capital support for the CCS competition in the November 2015 Spending Review, the proposals raised by this consultation were not necessary as the competition projects indicated they could no longer proceed.

Original consultation

Summary

Proposed amendment to enable retrofit Carbon Capture and Storage projects to be eligible for a Contract for Difference.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to amend the Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations in order to specify that retrofit Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects, involving the connection of an existing power station to a complete CCS system, are eligible for a Contract for Difference (CfD). The proposed change would ensure that existing CCS policy is correctly and expressly reflected in the CfD legislation.

Documents

Consultation on a proposed amendment to the Contracts for Difference (Definition of Eligible Generator) Regulations

Ref: 15D/483

PDF, 256 KB, 12 pages

Published 4 November 2015