T-4 Capacity Market

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Out with the old, in with the new: T-4 Capacity Market clears at record price

    On 21 February, the T-4 Capacity Market auction for Delivery Year 2026-27 cleared at a record high price of £63.00/kW/year, procuring 43,000.955MW of capacity. In this week’s 'Chart of the week', we explore the key takeaways from the auction.

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | Out with the old? Capacity Market Prequalification

    On 11 December 2020, the EMR Delivery Body (National Grid ESO) published the prequalification registers for the T-1 (2021-22) and T-4 (2024-25) Capacity Market (CM) auctions. In this 'Chart of the week', we explore the prequalification picture for the T-4 auction and what this could mean in terms of pricing...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | What might compete in upcoming Capacity Market auctions?

    The next round of Capacity Market (CM) auctions are set to take place in March 2021, starting with the T-1 (Delivery Year 2021-22) on 2 March followed by the T-4 (Delivery Year 2024-25) on 9 March. The prequalification window for these auctions have been open since 20 July 2020 and...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | We’ve got the power: T-4 Capacity Market results

    On 6 March, the EMR Delivery Body (National Grid ESO) published the provisional result of the T-4 Capacity Market (CM) auction for Delivery Year 2023-24. The clearing price for the auction was the highest value since 2016. In this week's Chart of the week, our expert, Lee Drummee explores some of...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | In with the old, out with the new: T-4 Capacity Auction

    The latest Capacity Market register for the T-4 auction was released on 22 December 2017, with an update expected today (12 January 2018). The December register includes a 2.9GW (4%) reduction in prequalified capacity, compared to the initial register. In this week's Chart of the week, we look at the...