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Britain wants power backup system run by National Grid

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed on Thursday creating a market-wide power capacity backup system, run by network operator National Grid, to secure electricity supply at times of high demand and when output drops from intermittent sources like wind and solar.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain proposed on Thursday creating a market-wide power capacity backup system, run by network operator National Grid, to secure electricity supply at times of high demand and when output drops from intermittent sources like wind and solar.

The British power market faces the closure of one fifth of installed production capacity by 2020 as older and inefficient plants shut down.

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