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We All Wish We Were More Flexible: Electrification Load as a Grid Flexibility Resource
Imagine you are preparing dinner for guests arriving at 6 p.m. when you learn that they’ve been delayed. And imagine that, instead of keeping the food hot, you had to throw all of it away and start cooking again for… View Summary +
共益电气化：确保电气化实现公共利益（二）
前言 本文为共益电气化：确保电气化实现公共利益 （英文版）摘要第二篇。尽管对于电力公司，消费者和公共环境来说，共益电气化可以带来巨大的创新和机遇，但共益电气化需要各州的行动支持，才能实现相关的利益。本节概述了重要的政策先决条件，实施流程和其他有助于成功实施共益电气化及其众多优势的考虑因素。… View Summary +
Energy efficiency could cut UK home energy use in half
“We have done all the easy stuff on energy efficiency,” Dr. Jan Rosenow was told during a 2016 workshop organised by the National Infrastructure Commission on the future of heat in the United Kingdom. Some participants felt that energy efficiency… View Summary +
共益电气化：确保电气化实现公共利益(一)
前言 本文为睿博能源报告《… View Summary +
Making China’s Electricity Markets Work for Clean Energy
As part of the Chinese central government’s power sector reform effort, several provinces have been developing electricity markets. The next stage of this undertaking—design and implementation of “spot markets”—could bring many benefits, including system flexibility to support wind and… View Summary +
实施电力现货市场的几点国际经验
为落实中国政府2015年电力改革方案，一些省份一直在致力于发展电力市场。中国国家能源局要求8个试点省区推出“现货市场” ，并要求其中一些省级市场在今年年底开始运营。 改革的下一阶段是设计和实施“现货市场”，据报道这些市场将会包括日前市场和实时市场以及补偿辅助服务的机制。从国际经验的角度来分析现货市场，如果设计得当可以带来许多好处，包括作为经济调度的基础, 支持风能和太阳能发电的系统灵活性，… View Summary +
Elektromobilität – ein Mehrwert für die Stromnetze
Die Stromverteilnetze in Europa arbeiten weit unter ihrem vollen Potenzial. Das Laden von Elektrofahrzeugen kann deshalb weitestgehend ohne zusätzlichen Netzausbau erfolgen, hat das Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) in einer Kurzanalyse festgestellt. „Intelligente Preisgestaltung und smarte Technologien sind die Schlüssel dafür“,… View Summary +
PBR-电力监管新模式
美国电力行业的监管体系已有130年历史，而电网正在迅速实现现代化。电力监管机构需要与时俱进，跟上电网现代化步伐。当前兴起的监管模式是基于绩效的监管，简称PBR。很多州现在都在关注如何将电力公司收入和实现绩效目标的能力联系起来，如何在不同环境下应用PBR，睿博能源智库一直在提供相关建议。我们将撰写一系列文章来讨论21世纪电力监管模式PBR应包含什么元素？并介绍最佳实践，设计依据和具体应用，本文是该系列第一篇。 传统的电力监管模式 当今美国的大多数电力公司都是服务成本（Cost-of-Service）监管。消费者向电力公司支付提供电力服务（例如，输电，配电和其他公用基础设施）的成本，以及投资的规定回报。监管机构的工作是监督这种安排，确保服务安全可靠，电费公平。但这种方法激励了某些行为：受监管的电力公司认识到，通过建设更多的发电，输电，配电和其他基础设施，在下一次电价调价前（rate case）尽可能多的销售电量，这样做可以最大化其收入和利润。这对于需要大量资本投资的大型集中式发电厂体系尤其有效。… View Summary +
California’s Mandatory PV Code Amendment: Is It Really Time for This?
The press has been abuzz this summer about the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) new building code amendment that will require most single-family residential and low-rise multi-family dwellings to incorporate PV systems at construction. The amendment takes effect in 2020. Buildings… View Summary +
The carbon floor price—a hammer in need of a toolbox
“If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail,” goes the saying. In the context of climate policy, the leading hammer is carbon pricing. To many economists and carbon market enthusiasts, putting a price on carbon… View Summary +
