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Batteries excluded in major tender designed to secure new gas plants to solve wind and solar droughts
Updated: New firming tender to favour gas-fired power plants to help deal with long periods of wind and solar droughts known as “dunkelflautes.”
Peter Hannam & Giles Parkinson
Oct 13, 2026
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