The UK Government has told the renewables industry impacts from the spread of coronavirus will not delay its next Contracts for Difference auction round.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said it continues to work towards the “important objective of delivering CfD4 in 2021” in a bulletin sent to stakeholders.
BEIS said holding the auction as planned will “support the government’s decarbonisation objectives and further promote confidence in the renewables industry after the current COVID-19 emergency”.
The government is running a consultation round ahead of CfD4 which it says will close as planned on 22 May.
Stakeholder events that cannot go ahead because of travel restrictions will be held as webinars to allow the “dialogue to progress”.
“We will keep the consultation deadline under review and will reassess the situation towards the end of the period as is currently envisaged,” BEIS added.