Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Corrections and clarifications

Dale Vince / Contracts for difference

• An article said the green energy entrepreneur and campaigner Dale Vince had called on the government to “guarantee a minimum price” to North Sea oil and gas producers to help support a transition to renewables. This phrase was also repeated in a subsequent notice in our online corrections column. To clarify, Vince is proposing a mechanism known as “contracts for difference”, which involves a fixed price; so while it does guarantee companies a top-up if the market falls below a set price, it also means they must pay back any surplus if the market rises above that price. This proposal, which he believes would protect jobs and reduce household bills, relates only to existing North Sea fields and was posited as an alternative to a windfall tax (Green energy boss calls for North Sea oil and gas to be subsidised, 12 September, p33); Corrections and clarifications, 16 September). We are happy to make this clear and regret any confusion.

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