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Germany awards first gas backup power contracts under coal-exit plan

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Germany's federal network regulator awarded 11 contracts for 5.16 gigawatts of gas-fired backup capacity on Nov. 3. The first round of a subsidy scheme is meant to keep the lights on as coal plants close.

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