Capacity mechanisms reform – key issues to watch

The European Commission wants to limit state aid for power plants that EU countries remunerate to remain on stand-by in case of demand peak. As negotiations on the EU’s new electricity market enter the home straight, EURACTIV lists the main issues to watch out for in the debate.

This article is part of our special report Capacity markets for electricity

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Probably the most hotly contested issue is a proposal to ban capacity payments for power plants emitting more than 550g of CO2 per kilowatt hour. [Vikramdeep Sidhu / Flickr]

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Frédéric Simon and Robert Hodgson Euractiv Sep 13, 2018 07:07 10 min. read

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This article is part of our special report Capacity markets for electricity.

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