UK opens latest offshore wind funding round

Burbo Bank windfarm off Merseyside in northwest England. The UK had about 101 gigawatts of electricity generation capacity in 2020, according to government data. Picture: PA

The UK has opened the largest-ever round of funding for its renewable energy program in a push for low-carbon technology.

The fourth round of the government’s contracts for difference regime aims to secure 12 gigawatts of new electricity capacity, with €334m a year available to new energy projects. That’s more capacity than the previous three rounds combined.