Capacity auction buys more than triple target volume

The year-ahead (T-1) capacity auction for delivery next winter (2020/21) has cleared at a price of just £1/kW. More than three times the target volume (300MW) was contracted, seemingly after the 820MW Nemo Link interconnector emerged as the marginal unit in the merit order.

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