'Bolt on the rocket boosters': Energy Systems Catapult calls for sweeping electricity market reform to drive net zero revolution

Cecilia Keating
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New report says raft of policy changes geared incentivising innovators to create new low carbon products and services for consumers could generate 'big bang' moment for the energy sector akin to finance in the 80s and telecoms in the 90s

The UK government is well aware of the acute impact electricity market reform can have on decarbonisation of the energy grid. After the government introduced contracts for difference (CfD) and the capacity...

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