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<p>Support for the generation of renewable electricity is paid under three schemes:
The Renewables Obligation (RO), the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT), and Contracts for Difference
(CfD) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewables Obligation does not pay a direct subsidy
but instead support is provided through tradeable certificates.</p><p> </p><p>Support
for renewable heat is provided through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which is
funded through general taxation.</p><p> </p><p>The table below gives a breakdown of
support for electricity generation and renewable heat from marine, wind, biomass and
solar technologies in Great Britain. The CfD, FITs & GB RHI schemes are not available
in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Scheme</strong><strong>+</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Support for electricity generation and
renewable heat </strong> <strong>(in £m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Marine</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Offshore wind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Onshore wind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Biomass</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Solar
Thermal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Solar PV</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>258.0</p></td><td><p>360.1</p></td><td><p>248.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>371.3</p></td><td><p>450.9</p></td><td><p>255.2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>696.3</p></td><td><p>494.7</p></td><td><p>385.4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>1,022.6</p></td><td><p>731.5</p></td><td><p>484.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>1,107.7</p></td><td><p>704.9</p></td><td><p>737.5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>134.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>1,496.8</p></td><td><p>805.5</p></td><td><p>932.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>304.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>1,533.7</p></td><td><p>892.8</p></td><td><p>953.6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>416.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>91.8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2,008.6</p></td><td><p>1,256.2</p></td><td><p>864.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>471.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>295.8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>247.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2,220.5</p></td><td><p>1,334.9</p></td><td><p>1,079.9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>548.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>587.6</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>380.2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>RO*</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>2,212.2</p></td><td><p>1,270.9</p></td><td><p>981.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>459.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,276.1</p></td><td><p>88.7</p></td><td><p>442.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes</p><p>*The RO figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as of 4
August 2020 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>* The RO 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>* The figures for FITs are not available
as they cannot be broken down by technology.</p><p>*RHI payments are made to scheme
participants using eligible renewable heating technologies. The RHI figures above
relate to both the Domestic and Non-Domestic RHI schemes.</p>
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