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Chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has revealed a higher than expected £155 per megawatt hour "strike price" for offshore wind farms dropping to £135/MWh across 2014 to 2015.

Alexander said that the decision aims to add “eight to 16 gigawatts” of offshore wind capacity.

The price of onshore wind is now set at £100/MWh during 2014 and 2015 decreasing to £95/MWh in 2018 to 2019.

Large-scale solar was levied at £125/MWh in 2014-2015 and £110 by 2018-2019. Biomass conversion is set at £105 from 2014 to 2019.

Tidal and wave power has been set at £305/MWh from 2014 to 2019.

Absent from Alexander’s speech to the House of Commons today was a much anticipated agreement on nuclear that would galvanise energy giant EDF’s commitment to building a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset.

Negotiations between government and EDF Energy over the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant are ongoing, but have been described as “one-sided” by the shadow energy secretary Tom Greatrex.

Today’s announcement is also not expected to include a strike price for carbon capture and storage, which is expected at a later date.