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电力现货市场的价格波动有利于提高市场效率和体现新能源的环境效益，但同时也会引发公众和政策制定者对价格波动的担忧。因此，当前中国电力现货市场设置了价格上限和下限，旨在稳定价格，避免剧烈的价格波动。但在实际操作中，过紧的价格管控也可能抑制市场价格调节机制的发挥，不利于清洁能源发展。比如，价格上限过低限制了灵活资源（如储能、需求响应）投资和参与，导致峰时电力供应不足，以致煤电资源冗余，反而增加系统成本；价格下限则阻碍了低价可再生能源的竞争优势体现，模糊了资源调度的优先顺序，并影响需求侧响应的积极性。 文章通过分析部分省级电力现货市场的实践（如山东市场允许负电价、蒙西市场设置较高的价格上限），结合一些海外电力市场实行的灵活管控经验，指出中国电力市场应适当放宽价格限制，允许价格更充分地反映供需关系，以进一步提高市场效率、促进清洁能源消纳、优化资源配置。 然而，放宽价格限制应以完善市场监管为前提。本文建议借鉴国际经验（例如美国FERC的市场力监管机制），结合中国实际情况，加强市场力监测和抑制机制，构建透明、公平、高效的电力市场。在完善监管的前提下，充分释放市场活力，实现价格机制的优化和电力市场的健康、可持续发展。 本文首刊于电联新煤，2025年1月17日… View Summary +
Denmark is a European frontrunner in heating decarbonisation. The country’s district heating systems serve the majority of buildings nationwide, especially in urban and suburban areas. District heating in Denmark increasingly relies on clean energy, benefits from efficiencies and economies of… View Summary +
Growing demand for electricity in buildings is creating new opportunities and challenges for electric and natural gas planning. Planning processes for the electric and gas systems are largely separate, and only a few jurisdictions have started to examine how they… View Summary +
Virtual power plants (VPPs) have received wide attention in China from central government agencies, provincial governments and, in some cases, municipal governments. Central and provincial policy directions have called for broader adoption of VPPs and successful programmes have been piloted. View Summary +
Part of RAP and ICCT’s Benefits of EVs Through Smart Charging Global Project With economic forces and policy efforts encouraging transport electrification, it is critical that electric vehicle (EV) demand on the power grid be carefully integrated to avoid unnecessarily… View Summary +
Industrial energy use — including for heat in industrial processes — is a significant source of carbon emissions in Europe, accounting for 20% of the region’s greenhouse gas emissions. To meet climate and renewable energy goals, industrial decarbonisation needs to… View Summary +
The European Commission is currently developing an electrification strategy to deliver this vital tool for meeting EU climate targets. One aspect that has been historically overlooked is the contribution of energy efficiency policy in the electrification process. Up to now,… View Summary +
Heat pumps, a critical technology for clean energy systems, are becoming the most important technology for heating decarbonisation. Currently, the vast majority of heat is provided by fossil fuels. In order to promote and encourage heat pump installations across the… View Summary +
Beginning in the 1980s, governments around the world introduced market reforms to their electricity supply industries in order to create competition in the production and supply of electricity. A standard textbook approach relied on empowering an independent electricity regulator while… View Summary +
车网融合是应对电动汽车充电需求快速增长的关键策略。通过智能有序充电，电动汽车不仅可以减轻对电网的压力，还能成为重要的灵活性资源。实现这一目标的基础在于通过交通和电力部门的紧密合作达成的车网协同规划。为推进车网协同规划，我们建议在进行电力规划时应首先考虑经合理疏导后电动汽车充电行为的灵活性，并且根据电网需要，通过扎实、基于实证的分析来推算合理优化后的有序充电行为，将优化后的充电曲线叠加其他负荷来相应安排电力投资计划。协同规划大致可以分为三步：(1)… View Summary +
This paper considers ways in which utilities and regulators can encourage electric vehicle owners’ participation in utility-managed charging programs. Unmanaged EV charging creates the risk of squandering electric system capacity and, instead, increasing system costs, which are borne by all… View Summary +
尽管热泵具备高效和环保的优势，但因多种因素，包括化石燃料的优惠政策和未全面量化的电网协同效益，热泵的推广仍面临挑战。现阶段，热泵的运行成本给供热企业造成了一种高于其他技术选择的错觉。因此，还需积极探索能够彰显热泵真正价值的方式，并寻找提升其市场竞争力的有效途径。… View Summary +
Reducing emissions in Europe’s buildings necessitates replacing fossil fuel boilers with greener alternatives. Hybrid heat pumps have been considered by some to be an interim step between fossil fuel and electric heating. ‘Hybrid heat pump’ is a term which is… View Summary +
As countries around the world make progress towards decarbonisation, more sectors are shifting to cleaner, renewable resources. The grids, crucial infrastructure for decarbonising the power sector and the overall economy, are increasingly struggling as capacity grows scarce in some regions. View Summary +
