The largest onshore windfarm in England in a decade has been awarded a government subsidy among 190 contracts for energy projects, as Labour attempts to hit a goal of creating a virtually zero carbon power grid within four years.

The government said it would offer contracts to a record number of solar projects alongside support for onshore windfarms including the huge Imerys project near St Austell in Cornwall. Labour lifted a de facto ban on new onshore windfarms after returning to power in 2024.

Contracts were awarded to 157 new solar farms and 28 new onshore windfarms after ministers doubled the amount of funding available to developers in a make-or-break auction for Labour’s goal to create a clean electricity system in Great Britain by 2030. The government also issued subsidy contracts to four tidal power projects.

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