A make-or-break auction for the UK government’s goal to create a clean electricity system by 2030 has awarded subsidy contracts to enough offshore windfarms to power a record 12m homes. In Great Britain’s most competitive auction for renewable subsidies to date, energy companies vied for contracts that guarantee the price for each unit of clean electricity they generate. Contracts were awarded to 12 new offshore projects after ministers increased the amount of funding available to developers to help them deliver their plans without raising bills for consumers. The funding was awarded to 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of offshore windfarm capacity, or
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