{"id":367216,"date":"2025-02-22T11:34:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=367216"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:34:21","slug":"renewable-subsidies-set-to-top-12-billion-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=367216","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Subsidies Set to Top \u00a312 Billion In\u00a02024"},"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

CfD subsidies cost us all a record \u00a32372 million last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/dp.lowcarboncontracts.uk\/dataset\/actual-cfd-generation-and-avoided-ghg-emissions<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since the scheme started in 2016, the total cost has amounted to \u00a39.7 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of last year\u2019s \u00a32.4 billion, wind power made up \u00a32.0 billion, with biomass accounting for most of the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With strike prices for new offshore wind agreed in last year\u2019s AR6 CfD round currently standing at around \u00a384\/MWh, it is worth noting the market price used for calculating subsidies averaged \u00a366\/MWh last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile ROC subsidies continue to climb, with Y\/E March 2024 reaching a new high of \u00a36883 million:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/energy-trends-section-6-renewables<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DESNZ only have ROC data to September 2024, but the 12 months to then work out at a cost of \u00a37.7 billion at current prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And on top of that come Feed in Tariffs, the subsidy scheme for small scale renewable generators, which cost \u00a31.8 billion in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.ofgem.gov.uk\/publications\/feed-tariffs-annual-report-scheme-year-14-april-2023-march-2024<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Altogether the three schemes, CfD, ROC and FIT, are likely to have cost energy bill payers more than \u00a312 billion during 2024, when all the data is in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2010, the combined cost has exceeded \u00a390 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laughably OFGEM\u2019s logo says they are making a positive difference for energy consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can say that again!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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