Alan Whitehead takes a magnifying glass to the government's new capacity auction and uncovers fears that it may not deliver the back up that is promised
Today we will see the holding of the first 'capacity auction' which will allocate funds to (mainly) gas fired power stations so they can continue to stand ready to supply power (and not get 'mothballed'...
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