British visual operation wins bid for energy storage

What happened to Sutton Bridge & Severn power stations?

Jake Thompson, data scientist at energy data analyst’s Montel EnAppSys pointed out that the c.819MW Sutton Bridge and c.850MW Severn power stations (the two largest units in the auction) both exiting, removing their collective c.1.5GW of capacity from the auction and causing it to clear.

What is the highest capacity awarded to clean technologies?

According to preliminary results released by National Grid Electricity System Operator (National Grid ESO), this was the highest capacity awarded to clean technologies in this auction round, followed by pumped storage which received 185.38MW (2.43%).

How many capacity market units were awarded?

This meant that the 7.6GW of capacity was awarded across a total of 277 capacity market units (CMUs).