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Peer review of 2018 electricity generation cost updates

Independent peer review of the updates made by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to electricity generation cost assumptions in 2018.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 24 August 2020

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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) appointed Professor Derek Bunn to conduct an independent peer review of the methodological approach taken by BEIS in 2018 to update cost assumptions onshore wind, offshore wind and solar photovoltaics. The report also includes a high-level review of updates to carbon capture, usage and storage costs taken in 2018.

Published 24 August 2020