GALWAY, IRELAND--May 2, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Eight renewable projects with the potential to generate enough power for more than three million homes have been offered Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the U.K. government.

They include offshore windfarms, coal-to-biomass conversions and a dedicated biomass plant with combined heat and power (CHP) with a total generating capacity of 4,500 megawatts (MW).