Open Consultations
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Voluntary Carbon and Nature Markets: Raising Integrity
This consultation seeks to clarify and test the UK Government’s proposed policy and governance framework for helping to ensure the integrity of Voluntary Carbon and Nature Market credits and the use of credits. It provides a response to calls from business, finance, farming, and environmental...
Closes 10 July 2025
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Community Benefits and Shared Ownership for Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
The Clean Energy Superpower Mission is crucial for economic growth, energy security and reducing electricity bills. By rapidly adopting clean, homegrown energy, Great Britain can control its energy supply and protect both household and national finances from fossil fuel price spikes with cleaner,...
Closes 16 July 2025
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Assessment and rating of wind turbine noise guidance: proposed updates
Technical guidance for the assessment of noise emissions from onshore wind turbines provides advice to local authorities across the UK for appraising planning applications for onshore wind developments. We're seeking views on updates to bring guidance into line with available evidence;...
Closes 29 August 2025
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Growing the market for low carbon industrial products: policy framework
The consultation sets out proposals to deliver a voluntary policy framework to grow the market for low carbon industrial products, with an initial focus on steel, cement, and concrete. Building on the 2023 Carbon Leakage consultation, where the government committed to establish...
Closes 15 September 2025
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Transition plan requirements consultation
The manifesto committed to mandating “UK-regulated financial institutions (including banks, asset managers, pension funds and insurers) and FTSE 100 companies to develop and implement credible transition plans that align with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement” and the government announced in...
Closes 17 September 2025
Closed Consultations
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Clean Heat Market Mechanism: Revisions ahead of Scheme Year 2 (2026/2027)
Following the launch of the Clean Heat Market Mechanism on 1 April 2025, this consultation sets out the Government’s proposals for Year 2 of the scheme and invites stakeholders to provide their views on these proposals. Read the consultation document on GOV.UK .
Closed 2 July 2025
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Code Manager Licence Conditions and Code Modification Appeals to the CMA
In this joint DESNZ/Ofgem consultation, we set out our proposals for code manager standard licence conditions and code modification appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This follows our first joint consultation in 2024, which consulted on a selection of code manager licence...
Closed 27 June 2025
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Greenhouse gas removals: call for evidence for independent review
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Secretary of State has commissioned an Independent Review of GGRs, to consider how options for GGRs, including large-scale power bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) and direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS), can assist...
Closed 20 June 2025
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Solar canopies and electric vehicle charging
As part of the Clean Power Action Plan, the government committed to gathering evidence about the potential for solar canopies in car parks to contribute to our solar generation ambition. Increasing renewable generation reduces greenhouse gas emissions, supports the government’s decarbonisation...
Closed 18 June 2025
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Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7: Potential Amendments to Relax Eligibility for Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind
This consultation seeks views on potential drafting changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Standard Terms and Conditions (STCs) in advance of Allocation Round 7 (AR7), which is scheduled to open in summer 2025. The proposed changes concern potential amendments to the CfD STCs for practical...
Closed 16 June 2025