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Comment: The first auction of the new Belgian capacity mechanism took place in October 2021. In Bulgaria, the capacity mechanism was phased out in 2020. In Greece, auctions were suspended since March 2019 and last delivery period included 2020.In France a complementary scheme targeting demand response is also in place since 2018. The first delivery of the new Italian capacity mechanism started in 2022. Contracts of the previous targeted capacity payment scheme were still valid in 2021.A new auction was held in February 2022 for delivery in 2024. In Portugal*, a targeted capacity mechanism was introducedin 2017, and has been revoked since 2018, yet some capacity payments are provided to hydro power plants due to “legacy”contracts. In Spain**, the capacity mechanism used to comprise of “investment incentives” and “availability payments”. Such availability payments were removed in June 2018, and investment incentive payments still apply only to generation capacity installed before 2016.

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Capacity Mechanism Type

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Country	Capacity Mechanism Type
BE	Market wide - central buyer
IE	Market wide - central buyer
IT	Market wide - central buyer
NI	Market wide - central buyer
PL	Market wide - central buyer
SEM	Market wide - central buyer
FR	Market wide - de-centralised obligation
AT	No CM
BG	No CM
CH	No CM
CY	No CM
CZ	No CM
DK	No CM
EE	No CM
GR	No CM
HR	No CM
HU	No CM
LT	No CM
LU	No CM
LV	No CM
NL	No CM
NO	No CM
RO	No CM
SI	No CM
SK	No CM
DE	Strategic reserves
FI	Strategic reserves
SE	Strategic reserves
ES	Targeted capacity payment
PT	Targeted capacity payment