Many developers hoping to secure accreditation under the revamped feed-in-tariff incentive scheme had their hopes dashed this month, after multiple technology categories spanning wind, solar and anaerobic digestion, reached their quarterly subsidy cap limit within minutes of the scheme opening for applications. For some unlucky developers, the decision may have come down to the millisecond. Feed-in tariff accreditations for wind projects between 50kW and 100kW in capacity reached their 0.3MW cap limit 15 minutes, 14 seconds and 43 milliseconds after the scheme opened for applications at midnight on February 8, according to new data released late last week by Ofgem.
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