Capacity Market
Policy
Major reform package aims to drive investment in energy storage, flexible grids, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen projects
09 January 2023
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5 min read
Energy
Auction for 5GW of back-up power next winter sees record high prices with gas plants hoovering up contracts for lion’s share of capacity
16 February 2022
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3 min read
Energy
1.4GW of new gas power won £350m of funding in the government's latest Capacity Market auction, held last week, sparking concern among campaigners
16 March 2021
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6 min read
Energy
Capacity Market clears at record high price of £45/kW with gas, demand side response, and battery storage projects sweeping up lion's share of contracts
03 March 2021
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5 min read
Energy
Financial think tank Carbon Tracker has urged the government to take its "foot off the gas" when planning future energy supply
25 February 2021
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7 min read
Infrastructure
Move should make it easier for battery storage and demand side response to compete for contracts, say renewable energy providers
21 May 2020
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4 min read
Energy
BEIS seeks to relax obligations and deadlines for back-up power providers to 'reduce administrative and operational burdens' amid pandemic
27 April 2020
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2 min read
Energy
Following accusations the watchdog has failed to do enough to support the net zero transition, incoming CEO uses first day in the post to unveil sweeping climate manifesto
03 February 2020
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8 min read
Net Zero Now
Move echoes calls from green groups for 'robust carbon pricing' measures, as pressure grows for next government to bring forward UK coal power phase out date to 2022
31 October 2019
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6 min read
Infrastructure
Government says it expects back-up power auction scheme to soon be restored, with almost £1bn of back-payments to be made to generators in January
24 October 2019
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4 min read
