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Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7: statutory notices

Final statutory notices required to launch Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7.

Documents

Details

Budget notice and accompanying note

The Contract Budget notice sets out the parameters that apply to CfD Allocation Round 7. The budget available in the AR7 auction will be:

  • £900 million for Pot 3 (offshore wind)
  • £180 million for Pot 4 (floating offshore wind)

The accompanying note provides a more detailed explanation of the information in the Budget Notice.

The Contract Budget Notice for AR7a (non-OFW technologies) will be published in due course, please see the CfD microsite for timelines.

Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) budget notice

The Budget Notice sets out the initial budget that applies to CIBs in AR7 of the CfD.

Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) Allocation Round notice

This notice gives notice of AR7 of the CfD.

Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) framework notice

The CIB Allocation Round Notice that sets out the CIB allocation framework.

AR7a Allocation Round Notice

This notice gives notice of AR7a of the CfD.

Contract Framework Notice

This notice states which Contract Allocation Framework is applicable to CfD Allocation Round 7/7a.

Standard Terms Notice

This notice sets out certain information that must be used by LCCC to complete the appropriate Standard Terms (CfD contract), which is individualised for each successful project in CfD Allocation Round 7/7a.

Counterparty Costs Notice

CfD applicants may apply to the CfD Counterparty (LCCC) to request ‘minor and necessary’ modifications to the CfD contract. This notice sets out the threshold above which the costs likely to be incurred by LCCC as a result of the modification would not be considered ‘minor’. We have set this threshold at £20,000 for CfD Allocation Round 7/7a.

Application Window Notice

This notice gives notice of the application window for AR7/7a and applicable delivery years.

Pot and Price Notice

This notice gives notice of the pot structure and administrative strike prices for Allocation Round 7/7a of the CfD.

Updates to this page

Published 12 November 2024
Last updated 27 October 2025 show all updates
  1. Published the AR7 budget notice and accompanying note.

  2. Published the Counterparty Costs Notice, Application Window Notice and Standard Terms Notice.

  3. Added Allocation Round Notice, Contract Framework Notice and Pot and Price Notice.

  4. Published the latest version of the Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) Allocation Round budget notice.

  5. Notice on revision to the Clean Industry Bonus Framework added.

  6. First published.

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