Commenting on today’s announcement by the Department for Business, Industry and Industrial Strategy on the details of the next Contracts for Difference auction which will begin in December, RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Melanie Onn said: 

“Supporting innovation and the growth of the UK’s offshore wind industry is vital to kickstart the green economic recovery. We’re building up a strong UK supply chain with major manufacturers locating factories here and the industry is committed to supporting globally competitive companies. Developers and supply chain firms are making significant investments to drive in the industry forward. 

“The latest supply chain proposals set challenging new demands for project developers, so it's vital that the guidance is clear on how we can demonstrate the contribution we're making by creating thousands of jobs, developing skills and fostering innovation across the supply chain, as well as building vital new infrastructure.

"Project developers are already working with manufacturers to help them understand our projects’ needs and timelines, which will support investment in new facilities and the development of new skills in our workforce. Underpinning all this, we need large volumes of new capacity in the next CfD auction for new contracts to generate clean power to keep us on track for our 2030 target, quadrupling what we’ve already installed". 

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