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𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐊’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

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Head of Policy @stevenagnew.bsky.social comments on the announcement by the Government and Great British Energy of the Local Power Plan which will help communities to develop their own renewable energy projects in our latest press release ⚡️🏠👇

🚨 Record onshore wind win for Wales 🚨

Wales has just secured its strongest onshore wind auction result in almost a decade - with five projects, 185MW of clean power, and a clear signal that the sector is back in motion.

A7R Onshore wind results published
💵 Strike price: £72.24
⚡ Capacity: 1306MW
🏠 Enough to power over 1.2m homes
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 £6.5m in community benefits
👷‍♀️ Up to 10,000 jobs supported (+ solar & tidal projects)
🗺️ 21 projects in Scotland, 5 in Wales, 2 in England
🌳 CO2 saved: 1.46 million tonnes of CO₂ per year

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These projects will contribute meaningfully to:
⚡ accelerating new renewable capacity
🏗️ near-term project delivery
🔒 improving UK energy security
📉 reducing long-term consumer costs

Onshore wind continues to demonstrate strong investor appetite and cost competitiveness.

🗺️ The map below shows the locations of the successful onshore wind projects awarded contracts in AR7.
🔹 Total awarded onshore wind capacity: [1,306 MW]
🔹 Number of successful projects: [28]
🔹 Strike price: £72.24/MWh (2024 prices)

🚨 UK AR7 Onshore Wind Results Are In 🚨

The results of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (AR7) mark an important step forward for onshore wind in the UK, reinforcing its role as one of the fastest-to-deploy and lowest-cost sources of new generation.

Read more detail in our latest press release with comment from RenewableUK's Head of Onshore Wind Delivery James Robottom 👇

𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 1.2 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬

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#AR7 #CfD #OnshoreWind

These onshore wind projects will also generate over £6.5 million in community benefit funds for people living near them, funding local sports facilities and nature restoration projects for example. There are projects throughout Britain; in Scotland (1.09GW ), England (28MW ) and Wales (185MW) 💷 🏠

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has calculated that building and operating these wind farms, alongside investment in the solar and tidal projects confirmed in this auction, will support up to 10,000 jobs and bring £5 billion in private investment to the UK 🏗️ 👩‍🔧

This morning, 28 onshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1,306MW were awarded a CfDs in Allocation Round 7 at a strike price of £72.24 per (MWh). Onshore wind is much more cost-effective for billpayers than new generation from gas at £147/MWh and new nuclear power at £124/MWh ⚡ 📉

𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲

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RenewableUK's Director of Delivery Scott Young FIEP comments on the Government’s announcement of reforms to the Clean Industry Bonus which will create a pooled skills fund supported by the UK wind industry, and the introduction of a Fair Work Charter in our latest press release below:

The RUK team will be joining up with Scottish Renewables this year again for our joint conferences OnshoreWind26 in Edinburgh and FloatingWind26 in Aberdeen 👇

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#SROFFSHORE26 #Glasgow #Edinburgh #Aberdeen #Scotland #OffshoreWind

Join the RenewableUK, @renewableni.bsky.social and EnergyPulse team @windpowerdave.bsky.social, Bethany Kilmartin, Samin Hoque, Laoiseach Scullion, Celestia G, Juliet Shrimpton and Madeleine Clarke for day 2 at stand D15 👋

Day 2 of Offshore Wind Conference 2026 kicked off with an opening address from Colin Palmer Director of Offshore Wind and a video address from UK Energy Minister Michael Shanks discussing the record breaking AR7 auction round and what are the next steps for the sector 🗣️

The RenewableUK team celebrated Scottish style last night at the prestigious Scottish Renewables Burn's Supper in the stunning Kelvin Hall Art Gallery with keeper of the Haggis RenewableUK Board member Susie Lind 🍸

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#SROFFSHORE26

Join the RenewableUK, RenewableNI and EnergyPulse team David Stewart, Bethany Kilmartin, Samin Hoque, Laoiseach Scullion, Celestia G, Juliet Shrimpton and Madeleine Clarke for day 2 tomorrow at stand D15 to find out more as we count down to our own events calendar for 2026 👇

We heard key speeches from Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Claire Mack OBE and @gillianamartin.bsky.social Cabinet Secretary Climate Action and Energy at The Scottish Government about issues facing the industry, from cross party certainty for the sector ahead of the Scottish elections this year.

RenewableUK kicked off the first conference of the year in a windy Glasgow for Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2026 meeting with members and key stakeholders from the sector in Scotland, 📅

Storm Chandra is blowing the January cobwebs off in Glasgow as I get ready for the first of many conferences of the year at Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference and Burns Supper 2026

Wholesale gas prices reach 11-month high

@jessralston.bsky.social: "Renewables are limiting electricity price increases in the UK, which have traditionally been tied to gas - last year wind reduced the day-ahead wholesale electricity price by around a third."
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"We will share infrastructure and data to enable clean power to flow more efficiently between our nations, and further integrate our electricity markets to drive down costs for billpayers."

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“We also have valuable opportunities to boost energy resilience and cost-effectiveness by connecting the UK and other European countries with further undersea cables, some of which can be linked directly to offshore wind farms."

"We are strengthening our security collaboration to ensure the North Sea’s critical energy infrastructure is protected from harm, so that we can continue to generate the huge quantities of clean power needed by the UK and our neighbours reliably at all times."

"This historic declaration puts offshore wind right at the heart of Europe’s power system, with the UK leading the way."