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Energy Insights Quiz

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8 Questions2 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingSun43

What project that was awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) in the latest allocation round didn’t sign its contract?

Hinkley Point C

Redruth Energy from Waste ACT

Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm

Nigel’s battery storage project

Why did the project not sign its CfD?

It thought its CfD award at £40/MWh was too generous, and they would make too much money

It believed it would miss its target commissioning window

Its bidding strategy was risky and was only awarded £40/MWh, not a viable amount to build the project

The project was refused grid connection due to constraints in the area

Why has deployment under the Feed-in Tariff scheme in recent months been at its lowest since 2010?

The scheme has closed to new capacity, with the exception of projects with grace periods

Investors and households have been put of building projects due to a lack in confidence that tariff rates will be grandfathered

Deployment caps and lower tariff rates that were implemented in 2016

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What major piece of government work are we expected on Thursday?

The results of the Judicial Review of the Triad embedded benefit changes

The Clean Growth Plan that will set out how the UK will meet its Fifth Carbon Budget (57% reduction in CO2 by 2030)

Details of the energy price cap to be announced by Ofgem

Details of the next CfD allocation round

What import consultation was released last week that would remove some barriers to developing storage?

A consultation to give storage a separate licence to generators, removing the double-charging problem they currently face

A consultation that would allow storage operators to bid into the Balancing Mechanism

A consultation that would allow storage providers to co-locate with renewables under the RO

What was the cause of negative pricing on the Balancing Mechanism (generators paid to turn down) on Tuesday and Wednesday this week?

Too much solar generation at times of low demand

Too much wind generation at times of low demand

Too much nuclear generation at times of low demand

Too much imports from the IFA interconnector at times of low demand

What was the likely cause National Grid’s system frequency to fall below operation limits (<48.8Hz) on Monday (11th)?

Cottam coal-fired power station suffered an unplanned outage

The French interconnector flipped from exporting to importing

Not enough inertia on the system to react to changes in demand

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