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	answer has question	gEqdwP1A
	answer has answering person	Graham Charles Stuart
	answer text	<p>The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is the Government’s main mechanism for supporting new low-carbon electricity generation projects in Great Britain. It has awarded contracts to renewable projects totalling over 30 Giga Watts (GW) of capacity, including around 20GW of offshore wind. On 8 September the Government published Allocation Round 5 results, which awarded contracts to a record 95 projects with total generation capacity of 3.7GW. The scheme now runs annual auctions and the evidence base is reviewed every round. The Government has published the timeline for the next round, which opens in March 2024.</p>
	answer given date	2023-09-15
	answer has answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	written answer has answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	answering body has written answer	sbeTgeDO
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	answering body has answer	sbeTgeDO
gEqdwP1A	question has answer	sbeTgeDO
Graham Charles Stuart	answering person has answer	sbeTgeDO