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<p>Subsidies for generating electricity from biomass are paid under three low carbon
electricity schemes: the Renewables Obligation, the Feed-in Tariff, and Contracts
for Difference. The Renewables Obligation does not pay a direct subsidy: instead support
is provided through tradeable certificates. The costs of the Contracts for Difference
scheme are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides
a breakdown of payments made to biomass electricity generators under the Renewables
Obligation and Contracts for Difference schemes in the last three financial years
where figures are available[1]:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em><strong>Breakdown
of payments made to biomass electricity generators by low carbon electricity support
scheme</strong></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18
(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20
(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables Obligation[2]</p></td><td><p>864.7</p></td><td><p>1,076.1</p></td><td><p>966.3[3]</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts for Difference[4]</p></td><td><p>247.3</p></td><td><p>380.2</p></td><td><p>449.1</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are not available broken down
by technology for the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p>[2] Renewables Obligation figures
are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 17 June 2020 from their Renewables and
CHP Register.</p><p>[3] Renewables Obligation figures for 2019/20 are provisional
as not all the certificates have been issued yet, and the full notional value of each
certificate is not yet known.</p><p>[4] Contracts for Difference figures are from
the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) CfD dashboard, which is available on LCCC’s
website.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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