A Clean Energy Standard - with George Day
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How might a clean Energy Standard help the energy system deploy towards Net Zero in a cost effective way? A clean energy standard places obligations on consumers and suppliers to secure firm low carbon power.  Emma and Tom catch up with George Day from the Energy Systems Catapult to talk through some of the implications of its design, its strengths and weaknesses and compare it to some other ideas like market splitting or locational marginal pricing (LMP). You can read more about the proposals here: https://es.catapult.org.uk/report/rethinking-electricity-markets-the-case-for-emr-2/
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