Government awards £650m in fossil fuel subsidies to keep the lights on

Madeleine Cuff
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Latest capacity market auction delivers more than £650m in subsidies to fossil fuel generators, including £155m in funding for new diesel plants

Old coal plants, gas power stations, and diesel farms have been awarded hundreds of millions of pounds worth of subsidies in a bid to keep the UK's lights on over the next decade through the government's...

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