Contracts for Difference: Contract amendments to implement Clean Industry Bonus reforms

We are consulting on proposed amendments to the Contracts for Difference contract, specifically the amendments required to implement the Clean Industry Bonus (CIB) Allocation Round 8 (AR8) changes.

The CIB works within the Contracts for Difference mechanism to competitively allocate extra revenue support (‘a bonus’) to offshore wind and floating offshore wind applicants who take meaningful action to increase the social, environmental and economic sustainability of the supply chain.

Successful generators will be subject to the conditions and rules set out in the CIB Allocation Framework, CIB Guidance and the CfD contract.

In 2025, we consulted on regulatory reforms to the CIB scheme ahead of Allocation Round 8, and published the government response in February 2026.

In order to implement some of the positions provided in that response, we are proposing changes to the CfD contract, which relate to:

• workforce protection measures for offshore wind through a Fair Work Charter
• skills investment criteria
• onshore wind into the CIB for AR9
• process improvements so that the scheme continues to function as effectively as possible

More broadly, this consultation also proposes hybrid metering contract changes.

The proposed drafting changes are shown as tracked amendments to the contract which we have published here alongside the consultation document.

We have also published copies of the CfD Phased, Generic, Private Network and Unincorporated Joint Venture Agreements: some of the contract changes on which we are consulting may have implications that would require changes to be made to those documents too.

We welcome responses from anyone with an interest in the proposals, in particular those considering participating in the CIB ahead of Allocation Round 8.

Once the consultation has closed, we will publish a government response and final version of the contract prior to opening the CIB round.