Decc’s “backstop offtaker” is critical in providing market options for independent generators, and it should be available from mid-2014, argues Nigel Cornwall Independent players are key to helping deliver the three key energy policy objectives of sustainability, security of supply,…

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Graham Shuttleworth and George Anstey, examine the interactions between an exist­ing market intervention – Short Term Operating Reserve – and planned measures including the Capacity Market and new cash-out arrangements

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This month energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey said he expected to see investment start to flow into the energy industry in the next 12-18 months. The New Power project monitor index, focusing this month on CCGTs, shows how…

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