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<p>Subsidies for generating electricity from wind and solar PV are paid under three
low carbon electricity schemes: the Renewables Obligation (RO), the Feed-in Tariffs
(FIT), and Contracts for Difference (CfD) schemes. The Renewables Obligation does
not pay a direct subsidy but instead support is provided through tradeable certificates.</p><p>
</p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of payments made to wind and solar PV
electricity generators under the RO and CfD schemes in the last three financial years
where figures are available[1].</p><p> </p><p>The figures in the tables below refer
to Great Britain only. CfD and FIT are not available in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown
of payments made to offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV electricity generators
by low carbon electricity support scheme:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong>
<strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong>[2] <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2 [3]</p></td><td><p>2,009</p></td><td><p>2,221</p></td><td><p>2,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD[4]</p></td><td><p>295.8</p></td><td><p>587.6</p></td><td><p>1,275.9</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td><td><p>1,335</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>88.7</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Solar PV</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>In addition, the following amounts have been spent in total on FITs. The breakdown
for wind and solar PV is not available but solar PV accounts for around 79% of total
FIT capacity and onshore wind accounts for around 14%[5].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table
2: Total spending on FITs:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong>
<strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong>
<strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total FIT spending – all technologies</p></td><td><p>1,375.1</p></td><td><p>1,409.0</p></td><td><p>1,414.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The amount of electricity generated by these schemes is given in the table
below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: Generation supported by RO, CfD and FIT for
offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV in Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Generation
(GWh)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="4"><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>20,661</p></td><td><p>21,381</p></td><td><p>24,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>2,621</p></td><td><p>5,359</p></td><td><p>9,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT[6]</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>23,281</p></td><td><p>26,739</p></td><td><p>34,101</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>25,409</p></td><td><p>25,379</p></td><td><p>27,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>1,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT6</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>27,260</p></td><td><p>27,377</p></td><td><p>31,058</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Solar PV</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>6,409</p></td><td><p>7,003</p></td><td><p>6,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT6</p></td><td><p>4,407</p></td><td><p>4,983</p></td><td><p>4,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>10,836</p></td><td><p>12,015</p></td><td><p>11,689</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Total generation for all renewable technologies is published by BEIS in Energy
Trends in 6.1 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a></p><p>
</p><p>[1] Figures are not available broken down by technology for the FITs scheme.</p><p>[2]
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>[3] RO
figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 4 August 2020 from their Renewables
and CHP Register.</p><p>[4] CfD figures are taken from the Low Carbon Contracts Company
(LCCC) CfD dashboard, which is available on LCCC’s website.</p><p>[5] Taken from OFGEM’s
annual report: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/contacts-guidance-and-resources/public-reports-and-data-fit/annual-reports</p><p>[6]
Estimated</p>
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