Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-36, on onshore wind subsidies, if she will place in the Library a list of all the onshore wind projects to which the grace period will apply.

Under our proposed grace period allowing entry to the Renewables Obligation beyond the proposed closure date of 1 April 2016, projects must, by 18 June 2015, have planning consent, a grid connection offer and acceptance, and evidence of land rights for the site on which their project will be built. The precise grace period eligibility requirements will be determined through the legislative process and are subject to approval by Parliament. It will be for the developer of each individual project to determine whether they meet those eligibility requirements and to apply for the grace period. It will only be possible to publish a list once it is clear to us which projects choose to apply for the grace period and have produced the evidence necessary to qualify.