Capacity Market scheme accused of making consumers pay conflicting subsidies for highly polluting plantsA £2.8bn government scheme funded by energy bill payers which aims to hold the lights on in Britain has been condemned as wasteful,expensive and “unfit for purpose” in a damning report.
The claims from the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) comes on the day that one of the UK’s biggest coal-fired power stations, Ferrybridge, and formally closes,with several others threatening to follow.
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Source: theguardian.com