Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether project developers will be able to bid for Contracts for Difference contracts in future auctions given that consent is required from the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is currently only open to generators in Great Britain (GB) and aligned to the GB market. In June 2022, Northern Irish and then BEIS Ministers agreed that the CfD scheme would not be extended to Northern Ireland due to system complexities. The Department for the Economy (DfE) is currently running a consultation on Design Considerations for its own bespoke Renewables Support Scheme.