Contracts for Difference, renewables obligation and small scale feed-in tariffs: companies awarded exemption or compensation
Summary
DESNZ publishes lists of companies receiving exemptions from CfD/RO costs (as at March 2026) and compensation for RO/FIT costs (up to 2018). The 2026 exemption list covers 521 companies across manufacturing and processing sectors. The 2018 compensation list covers 23 companies, primarily in energy-intensive industries.
Why it matters
This is redistributive policy — energy-intensive users receive relief while other consumers bear the costs of renewable support schemes. The publication satisfies transparency commitments but does not change the underlying cost allocation mechanisms.
Key facts
- •521 companies awarded exemptions from CfD/RO costs as of March 2, 2026
- •23 companies received compensation for RO/FIT costs up to end-2018
- •Covers manufacturing sectors including steel, chemicals, glass, paper, and food processing
- •List includes major industrial names like British Steel, Tata Steel UK, and CF Fertilisers UK
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The government has committed to publishing a list of those companies receiving compensation or relief for the indirect costs of CfD, RO and FIT. The list covers companies which have been awarded an exemption up until 2 March 2026 or compensation up until the end of 2018. --- Companies awarded a certificate for an exemption from a proportion of the costs of funding the Contracts for Difference (CFD) and the renewables obligation (RO) as at 2 March 2026. ## 2026 | Company name | | --- | | 2 Agriculture Milling Limited | | 7 Steel UK Limited (Formerly CELSA MANUFACTURING (UK) Limited) | | A Schulman Gainsborough Limited | | A Schulman Inc | | A&K Ecofilm Limited | | A. Poucher And Sons (Bardney Dairies) Limited | | A. Schulman Thermoplastic Compounds Limited | | Accuma Plastics Limited | | ADM Milling Limited | | Advanced Elastomer Systems Unlimited | | AEI Compounds Limited | | Aeromet International Limited | | Aeroplas (UK) Limited | | AGC Chemicals Europe Limited | | Ahlstrom-Munksjö Chirnside Limited | | Aintree Plastics Limited | | Air Liquide UK Limited | | Air Products (BR) Limited | | Airflo Fishing Products Limited | | Airtech Advanced Materials UK Limited (Formerly Cosmotec Nonwovens Limited) | | Albea Creative UK Limited | | Aldona Seals Limited | | Alfaplas Limited | | Aliaxis UK Limited | | Allied Mills Limited | | Alltrista Plastics Limited | | Alma Products Limited | | Alpek Polyester UK Limited | | Alpla UK Ltd | | Alvance British Aluminium Ltd | | Amann Threads UK Limited | | Amcor Flexibles Swansea Limited | | Amcor Packaging UK Limited | | AMG Alpoco UK Limited | | Amnack Limited | | Anglia Maltings (Holdings) UK Limited | | API Foilmakers Limited (formally API Transfer Technologies) | | Aptar UK Limited | | Aquapak Polymers Ltd | | Arconic Manufacturing (GB) Limited | | Ardagh Glass Ltd | | Ardagh Metal Packaging Limited | | Arden Wood Shavings Limited | | Arjobex Polyart Limited | | Auria Solutions UK Ltd | | Autoneum Great Britain Limited | | Avon Metals Limited | | Ball Aerosol Packaging UK Limited | | Ball Beverage Packaging UK Ltd | | Banham Poultry | | Basell Polyolefins UK Ltd | | Batley Foundry Limited | | Bedmax Limited | | Bekaert Bradford UK Limited | | Bericap UK Limited | | Bernard Matthews Limited | | Berry UK Containers | | Big Bear Plastic Products Limited | | Big Time Soft Drinks Limited | | BIP (Oldbury) Limited | | Bischof & Klein (UK) Limited | | Blowplast Limited | | Boal UK Limited | | BOC Ltd | | Bolton Plastic Components Limited | | Borgers Limited | | Bourns Limited | | Bovill & Boyd (Technical Mouldings) Limited | | Brecon Carreg Ltd | | Breedon Cement Limited | | Bridge Aluminium Ltd | | Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited | | Bridon International Ltd | | Brightgreen Plastics Limited | | British Cables Company Limited | | British Polythene Limited | | British Steel Limited | | British Sugar Plc | | Broadex Technologies UK Limited | | Bromford Iron Ltd | | Brookhouse Aerospace Limited | | BSC Diecasting & Finishing Ltd | | C M Varley & Co Limited | | Cabot Carbon Ltd | | Calder Carpets Ltd | | Canlin Castings Limited | | Canpack UK Limited | | Carclo Technical Plastics Limited | | Carlton Die Castings Limited | | Carrs Billington Agriculture (Operations) Limited | | Carr’s Flour Mills Limited | | Castalloy Europe Limited | | CastAlum Limited | | Casting Support Systems Limited | | Castings PLC (incorporating William Lee Limited) | | Castle Cement Limited | | Cedo Limited | | Celanese Production UK Limited | | Cemex UK Cement Limited | | Centriforce Products | | Cerdic Foundries Limited | | CF Fertilisers UK Limited | | Champion Mouldings Limited | | Charles Jackson & Co. Limited | | Chase Plastics Ltd | | Chess Plastics Ltd | | Civil & Marine Limited | | Classic Wafer Fab Ltd | | Clean Tech UK Limited | | Cleveland Potash Limited | | Coba Automotive (UK) Limited | | Cold Move Limited | | Coleshill Aluminium Limited | | Concept Plastic Packaging Limited | | Conica Ltd | | Corplex Plastics UK Ltd | | Counterplas Limited | | Coveris Louth Limited | | Coveris Winsford Limited | | CPL Limited | | Craemer UK Limited | | Crown Chicken Limited | | Crown Packaging Manufacturing UK Limited | | Cygnet Plastics Limited | | Dacsa Limited | | Davidson Brothers (Shotts) Limited | | Deeside Cereals I Limited | | Dellner Glass Solutions Limited | | Derby Polythene Limited | | Derek Lambert Polythene Limited | | Deritend International Limited | | Devon Valley Limited | | Diodes Semiconductors GB Limited | | DLR Elastomer Engineering | | Don & Low Limited | | Donington Plastics Limited | | Dow Silicones UK Limited | | Dragon Packaging Limited | | DS Smith Paper Limited | | Dual Seal Glass Limited | | Dugdale Nutrition Limited | | Duo Plastics | | Dura Automotive | | Dynex Semiconductor Limited | | E B Bradshaw & Sons Limited | | Eagley Plastics Limited | | East Coast Viners Grain (Drumlithie) Limited | | Echo Packaging Limited | | Ecobat Resources UK Limited | | Egger (UK) Limited and Campact Limited | | Element Six Technologies Ltd | | Elite Plastics Limited | | Elkes Biscuits Ltd | | EMKA Profiles Limited | | Encirc Limited | | Energybuild Ltd | | Enersys Ltd | | Engineered Foam Products Limited | | Ensus UK Limited | | Entek International Limited | | Enva Plastics Limited | | Envases (UK) Ltd | | Enviropax Ltd | | Envirowales Limited | | Epigem Limited | | Epsotech UK Limited | | ESG Group Limited | | Essar Oil UK Ltd | | Essex Injection Mouldings Limited | | Essity Holding UK Ltd | | Esterform Packaging Ltd | | Esterpet Packaging Ltd | | Eternis Fine Chemicals UK Limited | | Etex UK Insulation Ltd - formerly Superglass Insulation | | Eurac Poole Limited | | Eurocell Profiles Limited | | Evtec Aluminium Limited | | Exception PCB Ltd | | Exlabesa Extrusions (Doncaster) Limited | | ExxonMobil Ltd | | Ezeflow United Kingdom Limited | | F Bender Limited | | F.D. Sims Limited | | F.W.P. Matthews Limited | | Faerch Durham Limited | | Faltec Europe Ltd | | Fiberweb Geosynthetics Limited | | Fibre Technology Limited | | Fine Organics Limited | | First Circle Packaging Limited | | Firsteel Limited | | Firth Rixson Metals Limited | | FischbacH UK Limited | | Flambeau Europlast Ltd | | Flexfilm Ltd | | Flexipol Packaging Limited | | Flowtech Precision Mouldings Limited | | F-M Motorparts Limited | | Forfarmers UK Limited | | Formica Limited | | Fornacis UK Limited | | Fornacis UK Limited | | Fourstones Paper Mill Company Limited | | Frank Mercer & Sons Ltd | | Fse Foundry Limited | | Furlong Mills | | Fusion Group Limited | | G W Atkins & Sons Ltd | | GA Pet Food Partners Limited | | Generation Phoenix Limited | | Geo Speciality Chemicals UK Ltd | | George Taylor & Co (Hamilton) Limited | | George UTZ Ltd | | Glassflake Limited | | Glatfelter Caerphilly Ltd | | Glatfelter Lydney Ltd | | Glen Foundry Ltd | | Gold Star Services Limited | | Goodfish (North West) Limited | | Goodwin Steel Castings Limited | | GPI Highbridge Limited | | Graphic Packaging International Europe UK Ltd | | Graphic Packaging International Foodservice Europe Ltd | | Greenergy Biofuels Ltd | | Greenergy Biofuels Teesside Ltd | | Greif UK Plastics Ltd (Fomerly Ipackchem Limited) | | GS Yuasa Battery Manufacturing UK Ltd | | Guala Closures UCP Limited | | Guardian Industries U.K. Limited | | H&E Smith Ltd | | Hamlyns of Scotland Limited | | Hamsard 3774 | | Hanmere Polythene Ltd | | Harrogate Spring Water Limited | | Haworth Scouring Company Limited | | HCF Poultry Limited | | Heritage Envelopes Limited | | Hexcel Reinforcements UK Limited | | Hexpol Manchester Limited (Formerly Berwin Rubber Company Limited) | | Heygates Country Feeds Limited | | Heygates Limited | | Higher Kings Mill Limited | | Highland Spring Limited | | Hilger Crystals Limited | | HLB Plastics Limited | | Hoben International Limited | | Holcim UK Cement Limited (Formerly Lafarge Cauldon Limited) | | Holmen Board & Paper Limited (formerly Holmen Iggesund Paperboard Limited) | | Holmes Halls (Processors) Limited | | Hubron (International) Limited | | Huhtamaki UK Limited | | Huntsman Corp UK Limited | | Huntsman Polyurethanes (UK) Limited | | Hydro Aluminium UK Limited | | Ian Mosey (Feed) Limited | | Ibstock Manufacturing Services Limited | | Iconichem Widnes Limited | | IFG Drake Limited | | Imerys Aluminates Limited | | Imerys Minerals Limited | | Imperial Polythene Products Limited | | Independent Twine Manufacturing Company Limited | | Industrial Chemicals Limited | | Ineos Acetyls UK Limited | | Ineos Chemicals Grangemouth Limited | | Ineos FPS Limited | | Ineos Manufacturing (Hull) Limited | | Ingospec Aluminium LTD | | Innovia Films Limited | | International Syalons (Newcastle) Limited | | IPL Plastics (UK) Ltd.(One51 ES Plastics (UK) Ltd) | | IQE (Europe) Limited | | IQE Silicon Compounds Limited | | IXYS UK Westcode Limited | | J E Hartley Limited | | J. And A. Young (Leicester) Limited | | J.H. Lavender & Company Limited | | J. Stobart & Sons Limited | | Jack Brand Limited | | Jacksons Bakery Limited | | James Cropper Speciality Papers Ltd | | James Durrans Power Process Ltd | | JC Atkinson And Son Limited | | JFC Plastics Limited | | Jiffy Packaging Company Limited | | JKL Mouldings Limited | | John Hellyar & Co. Limited | | Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited | | Jokey UK Limited | | Joseph and Jesse Siddons Limited | | JVM Castings (Worcester) Limited | | K B Extruders | | Kalsi Plastics (UK) Limited | | Kea-Flex Mouldings Limited | | Kemira Chemicals (UK) Limited | | Kenda Manufacturing GB Limited | | Kennametal Manufacturing Limited | | Kimberly Clark Limited | | Kite Glass Ltd | | Kiveton Park Steel Ltd | | KLE Plastics & Recycling Ltd | | Klockner Pentaplast Limited | | Knauf Insulation Limited | | KPFF Ltd | | Kronospan Limited | | Krystal Technology UK Limited | | Labone Castleside Limited | | Land and Energy Girvan Limited | | Langstone Plastics Ltd | | Lanxess Chemical Limited | | Lax & Shaw Limited | | Ledwell Plastics | | Leeways Group Limited | | Leigh Spinners Limited | | Lewis & Towers Ltd | | Lhoist UK Limited & Steetley Dolomite Limited | | Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd | | Lindal Valve Company Limited | | Linpac Packaging Limited | | LKAB Minerals Limited | | Lloyds (Animal) Feeds Limited | | Lloyds Animal Feeds (Piercebridge) Limited | | Lloyds Animal Feeds (Piercebridge) Ltd | | Lloyds Animal Feeds (Western) Limited | | Logoplaste UK Limited | | Longcliffe Quarries Limited | | Lupton & Place Limited | | Luxus Ltd | | LY Manufacturing Limited | | M.J. Allen Castings and Machining Ltd | | Maelor Foods Limited | | Magna International Holding (UK) Limited | | Magnavale Limited | | Maier UK Limited | | Mail Solutions UK Limited | | Maizecor Foods Limited | | Makin Metal Powders (UK) Limited | | Manplas Anplas Limited | | Marcegaglia (UK) Limited | | Marcegaglia Stainless Sheffied Ltd | | Marpak Extrusions Limited | | Massey Bros (Feeds) Ltd | | Massmould Ltd | | Matrix Polymers Limited | | Maynard & Harris Plastics | | MBA Polymers United Kingdom Limited | | McLeod Aggregates Limited | | Melba Products Ltd | | Mergon UK Limited | | Mersen Scotland Holytown Limited | | Metalysis Limited | | Mexichem Speciality Compounds Ltd | | MI Glass Limited | | Micron Alloy Castings Ltd | | Mil-Ver Metal Company Limited | | Minteq UK Limited | | Mitras Automotive (UK) Limited | | Mole Valley Feed Solutions Ltd | | Mollertech Limited | | Monpet Extrusion Limited | | Montgomery Waters Limited | | Mornflake Oats Limited | | Moss Products Plastics Limited | | Motive Fuels Limited | | Moulded Fibre Products Limited | | MTE Heat Treatment Limited | | Mylar Specialty Films UK Limited (Formerly DuPont Teijin Films UK Ltd) | | Natrium Holdings Limited | | Naylor Drainage Limited | | NDC Polipak Limited | | Nelipak Elsham Ltd | | Newby Foundries Ltd | | Newton Plastics Limited | | Niche Fused Magnesia Limited | | Nippon Gases UK Limited | | Nolato Jaycare Limited | | Norfran Limited | | Norit (UK) Limited | | Norpol Recycling Limited | | Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited | | Northumbria Blow Mouldings Limited | | Northwood Tissue (Chesterfield) Limited | | Northwood Tissue (Disley) Limited | | Northwood Tissue (Lancaster) Limited | | Norton Cast Products Limited | | NWF Agriculture Limited | | Oakes Millers Ltd | | Octric Semiconductors Limited (Formerly II-VI Compound Semiconductors Limited) | | O-I Glass Limited | | Omega Proteins Limited | | Omya UK Limited | | Oxford Plastic Systems Limited | | P J B Glass Group Limited | | Padley & Venables Limited | | Palm Paper Limited | | Palram DPL Limited | | Palram Polycarb Limited | | Patterson and Rothwell Limited | | Pauls Malt Ltd | | Pennine Manufacturing Limited | | Permali Gloucester Limited | | Perspex International Ltd | | PFF Packaging Innovations Group PFF Packaging (Formerly PFF Packaging (Keighley) Limited and PFF Packaging (Sedgefield) Limited) | | PIL Membranes Limited | | Pilkington United Kingdom Limited | | PLASgran Ltd | | Plastek UK Ltd | | Plastic Supplies Dudley Limited | | Plastic Technology Services Ltd | | Plastipak UK Ltd | | Plessey Semiconductors Limited | | PMJ Foods UK Ltd | | Polyclear Limited | | Polyclear Limited | | Polyfoam XPS Limited | | Polymer Extrusion Technologies (UK) Ltd | | Polymermedics Limited | | Polyram U.K. Limited | | Polystar Plastics Limited | | Polytech Liquid Polymer | | Portals Paper Limited (Formerly Portals de la Rue Limited) | | Povoas Packaging Ltd | | PQ Silicas UK Limited | | Pragmatic Semiconductor | | Preston Board and Packaging Ltd | | Primex Plastics Limited | | Prismo Road Markings Limited | | Proampac Elsham Public Limited Company | | Proampac Lincoln Limited | | Proampac Security Products Limited | | Profine UK Ltd | | Proplas 2008 Ltd | | Puffin Energy Ltd | | R Plevin Ltd | | R. Gledhill Limited | | Radius Systems Limited | | Rank Hovis Milling Limited | | Ravago Building Solutions UK Ltd | | Ravago Manufacturing UK Limited | | Really Useful Products Ltd | | Recycled Plastics (UK) Limited | | Recyplas Limited | | Reed Boardall Cold Storage Ltd | | Rettenmaier UK Manufacturing Limited | | RGE Engineering Limited | | Ribbons Ltd | | Richardson Milling (UK) Limited | | Robinson Brothers Limited | | Robinson Plastic Packaging Limited | | Rosehill Manufacturing Ltd | | Rosti UK Limited | | Roxane UK Limited | | Roy Kirkham & Co. Limited | | RPC Containers Limited | | Ryecroft Foods Limited | | S P Woolhouse and Sons Limited | | Sabic UK Petrochemicals Limited | | Saffil Limited | | Saica Paper UK Ltd | | Saint Gobain Glass (United Kingdom) Limited | | Saint-Gobain Isover UK Limited | | Sappi Rockwell Solutions Limited | | Saria Limited | | Satco Plastics Limited | | Scotmalt Limited | | Scott Precision Wire Ltd | | Seda UK Limited | | Sedamyl UK Limited | | Seevent Plastics Limited | | Semefab Limited | | SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd | | Shakespeare Monofiliment UK Ltd | | Shalam Packaging Limited | | Shalam Thermoforming (UK) Limited | | Shapers Technologies UK Limited | | Sharpak Bridgwater Limited | | Sharpak Yate Limited | | Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd | | Shepley Springs Limited | | Sibelco UK Limited | | Silgan Closures UK Limited | | Simpsons Malt Limited | | Singleton Birch Limited | | Siva Plastics Limited | | Sivers Photonics Limited | | Skymark Packaging International Ltd | | Smart Aluminium Extrusions | | Smurfit Westrock UK Ltd (Formerly Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd) | | Sofidel UK Limited | | Solar Nonwovens Limited | | Solenis UK Industries Limited | | Sonoco Cores & Paper Ltd | | Soufflet Bairds Malt Ltd (Formally: Soufflet Malt UK Ltd) | | SPC Europe Ltd | | Special Melted Products Limited | | Special Metal Wiggin Limited | | Speciality Steel UK Ltd | | Spring Valley Trading Limited | | Spunalloys Limited | | St Johns Packaging (UK) Limited | | Sterilin Limited | | Sterling Polymers Ltd | | Stoelzle Flaconnage Ltd | | StoreLogs Ltd (The Ice Co Storage & Logistics Limited) | | Strata Products Limited | | Sumika Polymer Compounds UK Limited | | Sundolitt Limited | | Sundown Products Limited | | Sunmagic Juices Limited | | Super Toughened Glass Limited | | Surface Transforms PLC | | Suzuki Garphyttan Limited | | Synthite (Mold) Limited | | Tag Plastic Extrusions Limited | | Tandom Metallurgical Group | | Tarmac Cement and Lime Limited | | Tata Steel UK Limited | | Tech Folien | | Tech tube Limited | | Temco Wire Products Limited (Formerly Leoni Temco Limited) | | Tensar Manufacturing Limited | | Tepeo Limited | | The Alloy Steel Melting Company Limited | | The Atkinson Dyeing Company | | The Authentic Food Company Ltd | | The Brockmoor Foundry Company Limited | | Thermodynamix Thermoforming Specialist Services Limited | | Thermotec Plastics Limited | | Thermotraffic Ltd | | Thomas Chadwick & Sons | | Thomas Dudley Foundry Limited | | Thumbs-up (Bury) Limited | | Timet UK Limited | | TML Housewares Limited | | Tolsa UK Limited | | Tough Glaze Ltd | | Trans-Continental Marketing Ltd | | Transition International Ltd | | Trioworld UK Limited (prev. Eurofilms) | | Triplast Limited | | Tronox Pigment UK Limited | | TS (UK) Limited | | Tufwell Glass Ltd | | UK Battery Industrialisation Centre | | Ulster Yarns Limited | | Ultimet Films Limited | | Ultra Tough Limited | | Unifrax Emission Control Europe Ltd | | Unifrax Limited | | Union Electric Steel UK Limited | | United Cast Bar (UK) Ltd | | UPM-Kymmene (UK) Ltd | | Urenco Chemplants | | Urenco UK Limited | | Urm (UK) Limited | | Vale Europe Limited | | Vanguard Foundry Limited | | Veolia ES Plastics UK Limited | | VIP-Polymers Limited | | Vishay Newport Limited (formerly trading as Nexperia Newport Limited) | | Viva Nylons Limited | | VP Packaging Limited | | W. & H. Marriage & Sons Limited | | W.E Rawson Limited | | W.L. Duffield and Sons Ltd | | Wall Colmonoy Limited | | Warden Plastics Limited | | Weener Plastics Norwich Limited | | Weidmann Whiteley Ltd | | Wells Performance Materials Ltd | | Wepa UK Limited | | Werit U.K. Limited | | West Fraser Europe Ltd | | What More UK Limited | | Whitworth Bros. Limited | | WHS Plastics Larkhall Ltd | | WHS Plastics Pickering Ltd | | Wieland Metals Birmingham Ltd | | William Cook Cast Products Limited | | William Cook Rail Limited (Formerly William Cook Leeds Limited) | | William Thompson (York) Limited | | Willo Game Ltd | | Wm. Nelstrop & Co. Ltd | | Wright’s Milling Limited | | Xtex Polythene Ltd | | YS Reclamation Limited | --- Companies awarded compensation for the indirect cost of the renewables obligation (RO) and small scale feed-in tariffs (FIT). ## 2018 | Company name | | --- | | Ahlstrom Chirnside Limited | | Alvance British Aluminium Ltd | | Amg Alpoco UK Limited | | Amg Aluminum UK Limited | | Amnack Limited | | Boal UK Limited | | Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited | | British Cables Company Limited | | British Steel Limited | | Celsa Manufacturing (UK) Limited | | Cf Fertilisers UK Limited | | Cleveland Potash Limited | | Devon Valley Limited | | Ds Smith Paper Limited | | Egger (UK) Limited | | Electric Glass Fiber UK Ltd | | Ensus UK Limited | | Essity Operations Manchester Limited | | Essity UK Limited | | Exxonmobil Chemical Limited | | Fine Organics Limited | | Fourstones Paper Mill Company Limited | | Glatfelter Caerphilly Limited | \*Denotes that the company has a site in Northern Ireland that does not receive FIT compensation.