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<p>Hunterston B has been generating low carbon electricity for more than 40 years.
Over its lifetime, it has produced enough low carbon energy to power the whole of
Scotland for 8 years.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market ensures security of electricity
supply by providing all forms of capacity with the right incentives to be on the system
and to deliver electricity when needed. It secures the capacity we need, including
new capacity to replace aging power stations as they retire, through auctions held
either four years or one year ahead of delivery (T-4 and T-1). To date, these capacity
auctions have secured the majority of the capacity that Great Britain needs until
2023/.</p><p> </p><p>Hunterston B holds capacity agreements for around 0.9 GW of capacity
in 2020/21 and 2021/22. In light of EDF Energy’s decision to end generation at Hunterston
B by 7 January 2022, we will have the opportunity to secure replacement capacity in
the T-1 auction for 2021/22 if required.</p>
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