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The fossil gas price rollercoaster witnessed over the last couple of years has underlined the need to get renewables deployed at breakneck speed. At the same time we need tools to protect consumers from big price hikes. Well-designed, two-sided contracts… View Summary +
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Governments want to make sure the lights stay on during the most challenging moments of the year — think freezing cold days when the wind is not blowing and the sun hides behind grey clouds. Around Europe and further afield,… View Summary +
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Electric vehicles (EVs) can do more than simply transport people or goods from place to place. Through smart charging and bidirectional charging, their batteries can become an important societal resource. When these EV batteries are charged matters. Smart charging —… View Summary +
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The European energy sector is facing a triple challenge: ensuring a speedy and cost-efficient rollout of renewables, protecting consumers from price shocks and safeguarding security of supply. As the 2022 energy crisis showed, political acceptance of high electricity prices is… View Summary +
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At the Regulatory Assistance Project, we have always been guided by a vision where clean, sustainable energy is a reality in our world. In many ways, this is a vision of a changing world. As RAP helps governments improve and… View Summary +
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Decarbonisation of heating must accelerate if we are to meet European Union (EU) climate and renewable energy targets and achieve reliable and affordable supply of heat for all. Space and water heating in buildings accounts for around a third of… View Summary +
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Over the last 10 years Europe has witnessed the growth of capacity remuneration mechanisms (CRMs) — tools intended to provide added confidence of adequate resource when demand is forecasted to peak. RAP has often documented concerns with certain CRM interventions… View Summary +
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2023年4月,国家能源局公开征求的《关于加强新型电力系统稳定工作的指导意见(征求意见稿)》意见的通知 ,对加强电力市场管理提出了明确的要求。这其中就包括“推动建立容量市场,激励支撑调节资源建设”。在睿博能源智库(RAP)此前的研究中,我们基于美国经验对容量市场的设计原则进行了探讨,并提出“让所有的资源在一个公平的环境中竞争,包括需求侧资源,如对能效项目的投资”。 在中国,工业重点领域的能效提升长期备受瞩目,优化建筑对能源的使用,提升商业和居民用能设备的能效水平也持续得到关注。国际上,能效资源还可以通过参与容量市场加快其推广的步伐,以更清洁的方式助力达成电力可靠性目标。 在本文中,我们探讨了如何确定能效资源参与容量市场的资质、衡量项目有效容量、以及利用节能效果测量和验证规程裁定实际节能量。通过合理引入能效资源作为市场主体参与竞争,可以充分发挥其优势,降低供电成本、增强系统灵活性、为推进容量市场与能效资源的共同发展提供有益的参考。 本文(精简版)首刊于《南方能源观察》(2023年8月27日)… View Summary +
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About this Report: Heat pumps, a critical technology for clean energy systems, are poised to become the most important technology for heating decarbonisation. Currently, the vast majority of heat is provided by fossil fuels. In order to promote and encourage… View Summary +
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To decarbonise the UK, the long term use of gas for heating, including any potential for hydrogen, is limited. Getting off gas is now an obvious climate change and energy security necessity. Both the UK government… View Summary +
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