{"id":252528,"date":"2023-04-12T13:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252528"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:01:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:01:27","slug":"letter-to-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=252528","title":{"rendered":"Letter To MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have been asked to prepare a draft letter for sending to MPs regarding Contracts for Difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suggest this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have been repeatedly promised by successive governments that the cost of offshore wind power has fallen substantially, and that this would lead to lower electricity bills. For instance, Kwasi Kwarteng announced last year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur renewable energy auction scheme has been an outstanding success, with the latest round securing enough clean energy to power twelve million British homes and the price of clean energy plummeting even further.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Getting contracts signed means projects can push on and deliver jobs and opportunities across the country. This will help to secure our homegrown supply of cheaper renewables and bring down the price of energy for millions of British families as we shift away from expensive fossil fuels\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However the public are yet to see any of these supposed savings. So far this year, up to 28th March, the average price paid to offshore wind farms via Contracts for Difference has been \u00a3166\/MWh \u2013 this compares to a market price of \u00a3120\/MWh (according to data provided by the Low Carbon Contracts Company). This means a total subsidy during the period of \u00a3220 million, paid for by energy users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Moray East and Hornsea 2, the most recent windfarms to come on stream, which agreed prices much lower than the current price under CfD, have refused to trigger their contracts, and are therefore profiting from much higher market prices. By the terms of their contracts, it seems there is nothing the government can do to force them to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worse still, there is another 11 GW of renewable capacity which have been awarded CfDs and which are due on stream in the next few years. These also have contract prices well below market levels, and it seems inevitable that these contracts will also not be triggered, unless market prices fall drastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please advise how you will ensure that these \u201clower costs\u201d are passed on to energy users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please advise how you will ensure that these \u201clower costs\u201d are passed on to energy users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":252530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818338,691818339,691818340],"class_list":["post-252528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hornsea-2","tag-moray-east","tag-offshore-wind-farms","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Lasse-Nielsen-Godewind-12.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-13H2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":254418,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=254418","url_meta":{"origin":252528,"position":0},"title":"Letter To MPs.","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/24\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Government\u2019s statements on the falling cost of offshore wind power are false and have disgracefully misled the British public.","rel":"","context":"In \"falling cost\"","block_context":{"text":"falling cost","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=falling-cost"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.50.58-AM-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.50.58-AM-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.50.58-AM-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.50.58-AM-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screen-Shot-2021-09-07-at-6.50.58-AM-1-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":290670,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=290670","url_meta":{"origin":252528,"position":1},"title":"The Case Against Offshore\u00a0Wind","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/10\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One colleague contacted me regarding his MP, who is vice-chair of the Climate All Party Parliamentary Group. 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