The limits of auctions: reflections on the role of central purchaser auctions for long-term commitments in electricity systems

This paper looks at the deployment of auctions in electricity systems, and in particular at the predominant form of auction currently in use: a ‘one-sided’ auction in which a central purchaser, usually acting as an agent of the government, acquires new capacity for the purposes of meeting carbon tar...

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Main Authors: Keay, M, Robinson, D
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 2019

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