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In this response to the European Commission’s public consultation on a new electricity market design, RAP sets out its view on the roles of markets and support policies in the context of the transition to a decarbonised power sector. The… View Summary +
This policy brief details a contestable approach to interconnector investment aimed at introducing new sources of capital to ensure a robust and secure transmission network in Europe. Greater interconnection capacity will also help to meet Europe’s renewable targets more cost-effectively… View Summary +
This policy brief reinforces the need for a regional approach to resource adequacy and highlights the importance of demand-side resources to ensuring reliability and meeting clean energy targets in Europe. Utilizing data from the latest ENTSO-e Scenario Outlook and Adequacy… View Summary +
The development of integrated, regional electricity markets is progressing rapidly in Europe and market integration is producing tangible results, evidenced by a reduction of around one-third in average wholesale prices over the period 2008 to 2012. However, while Member States… View Summary +
Capacity mechanisms have recently gained the attention of policymakers in Europe. The discussion in Member States is driven by various concerns, including resource adequacy constraints, the often-misunderstood “missing money” issues raised by utilities, and attempts to limit peak demand. In… View Summary +
A responsive demand side is critical to the success of the integrated European electricity market (IEM) and, more particularly, to the cost-effective transition to a decarbonised electricity market. The intermittent nature of renewable technologies such as wind and PV makes ensuring a… View Summary +
This policy brief outlines a number of concerns regarding the design of the proposed Great Britain capacity market and, more generally, over the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) decision to opt for a market-wide capacity remuneration mechanism (CRM)… View Summary +
The debate in Europe over the need for ‘traditional’ quantity-based capacity market designs to provide investment is now—appropriately– evolving into discussions over how to reward capacity with sufficient flexibility to reliably operate power systems with rapidly growing shares of variable… View Summary +
RAP Europe prepared this advisory note to help frame the issues to be addressed in developing European guidelines and codes on electricity balancing. In particular, it highlights the need for these rules to enable and encourage:• Balancing products and services… View Summary +
The efficient delivery of Europe’s longer term decarbonisation goals will require substantial levels of investment in the inter-regional transmission grid by 2020, on the order of €140 to €200 billion according to recent studies. Securing these investments, which are necessary… View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +
RAP has developed and presented to regulators, member states and stakeholders an overview of the key elements of European electricity market integration in Europe and how decisions in the various areas of integration may act either to advance–or interfere with–Europe’s… View Summary +