Three ways to make sure we don't end up with too many gas power stations

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Energy efficiency and demand side response must be integrated into energy market reforms, argues Rachel Cary of Green Alliance

The government is in the process of finalising the last pillar of its Electricity Market Reform: the capacity market. This will be the single most important mechanism influencing the number of new gas...

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