The energy industry's welcome for the opening of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements' second consultation has been somewhat dampened by the UK government's coinciding support for new gas power plants.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has committed to upskill local communities on technical aspects of onshore wind to help avoid project delays caused by misconceptions.
DESNZ has accepted National Grid ESO's recommendations to increase the forthcoming one-year ahead (T-1) and four-year ahead (T-4) auction targets to 0.3GW and 0.5GW respectively.
New provisional statistics from DESNZ reveal that total electricity supplied by Major Power Producers in the UK fell by 12.7% between September and November 2023.