Contracts for Difference Power Purchase Agreement

Your route to market with a CfD PPA

After the latest Contract for Difference auction allocation results have been announced, all projects awarded with a CfD contract take a Final Investment Decision, deciding whether or not they would like to go ahead. Successful projects have to take that decision within a year of the auction or demonstrate that they have already spent 10% of the total project cost.

From then, development is underway as generators finalise procurement and construction plans to meet their Delivery Year and look for a viable route to market, which is where SmartestEnergy comes in as a reliable CfD PPA partner.

Our Contracts for Difference Power Purchase Agreements (CfD PPAs) align with the commercial terms of your CfD commitment, providing you with a viable route to market and a bankable partner.

Any generation projects over 5MW can secure a CfD contract through the government’s incentivisation scheme. With a flexible framework, we can support the project’s transition from the Commercial Operations Date of the CfD contract through to the CfD Commencement date, and we'll pay you at a market price that matches your CfD contract for up to a 15-year period.

Looking to secure a route to market for your CfD asset? Get in touch!

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Choosing a SmartestEnergy CfD PPA

We'll pay you at a market price aligned with your CfD contract for the electricity you produce for up to a 15-year period.

We provide a flexible framework that supports your transition through the construction and commissioning of your site, pre-CfD fixing, and finally to your CfD commencement date and beyond.

You will be paid as produced, with the imbalance risk managed by SmartestEnergy, so you can guarantee long-term price certainty.

With active negative pricing management, we can help you mitigate market risk.

Simplify your revenues and sell your REGOs to us at competitive, industry leading prices.

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Market share ranked 4th

Working with generators large and small, spanning the length and breadth of the UK, our customers' generation capacity is at 3.3 GW; with 2.9 GW being renewable.

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Independent generators as customers

Our customers provide enough energy to power the equivalent of 1.3m British households with clean, green energy, supporting the UK's transition to net zero.

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We are proud of our net promoter score

Our customer focus model innovates the way we manage our generation business. We work in partnership with our generators to provide the knowledge and insight to help them succeed.

Case studies

Learn more about our contracts with generators and those harnessing flexibility by exploring some of our customer stories below...

The Broken Cross Wind Farm, set on a former opencast coal mine, is the perfect example for the UK’s transition to cleaner energy away from fossil fuels

SmartestEnergy & BayWa r.e. UK sign PPA deal for Broken Cross Wind Farm

enfinium’s Ferrybridge 1 & 2 divert 725,000 tonnes of post-recyclable waste from landfill every year to produce renewable energy to power local communities

150MW of renewable energy to be managed through SmartestEnergy’s SmartFlex platform as they partner with enfinium
Foresight Solar Farm

Foresight’s 23-site portfolio, situated across the UK, generates enough power to supply over 155,000 homes annually with clean electricity

Foresight Solar Fund
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