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在中国“十四五”严格控制煤电增长和“十五五”之后逐步退煤的大背景下,如何更好地利用包括清洁能源、需求侧管理和储能资源提升电力供应保障能力,以及通过增强省间余缺调剂能力,实现大范围资源优化配置,是中央政府密切关注的话题。解决这些问题的一个重要前提是建立更科学、透明和理性的流程来定期考查资源充足性,并以透明的方式使得区域和省级电力行业决策者和相关方对资源充足性规划要求达成一致,从而指导投资决策和促进电力市场资源竞争。… View Summary +
Meeting China’s ambitious new climate and energy goals will require dramatic change within the power sector, transitioning from a coal-dominated generation mix to a more carefully targeted mix of non-fossil resources. This shift will require continued policy reform focused on… View Summary +
要满足中国新近制定的气候和能源目标,包括碳达峰和碳中和目标,中国的电力行业需要从以煤炭为主导的发电组合,向非化石资源组合转型。这将需要以提高运行和投资效率为重点的持续的政策改革。… View Summary +
Sowohl das Thema Elektromobilität als auch das Thema Ladeinfrastruktur haben im vergangenen Jahr unglaublich an Fahrt aufgenommen. Der Absatz von Elektrofahrzeugen hat in Deutschland Ende 2020 erstmals zweistellige Prozentanteile erreicht, die Marke von einer Million E-Autos kommt in Sichtweite. Dadurch… View Summary +
The use of electric trucks in urban and regional logistics has great potential to cut emissions in the freight sector and accelerate decarbonisation of transport. A key question for logistics operators is how to optimise truck charging in order to… View Summary +
Heavy-duty trucks are the main source of pollution and noise from urban freight. Electrifying these fleets brings substantial benefits to cities and the freight companies while advancing the transition to clean transport. Moving to electric fleets at an affordable price… View Summary +
At the end of January 2020, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, ENTSO-E, opened a public consultation to solicit comments on its proposed methodologies associated with cross-border participation in capacity mechanisms. ENTSO-E is developing the methodologies… View Summary +
In December 2019, the European Network of Transmission System operators for Electricity, ENTSO-E, asked stakeholders to comment on the organisation’s proposal for a Methodology for a European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA). The purpose of the ERAA is to assess the risks… View Summary +
With global electric vehicle (EV) sales on the rise, policymakers around the world are accelerating efforts to facilitate development of the necessary charging infrastructure and to integrate EVs into the power system at least cost. Turkey is just starting down… View Summary +
The energy transition in Germany poses challenges, but two main issues are emerging with regard to power distribution. First, peaks occur on the system on days when high levels of wind and solar generation are injected. Second, increases in the… View Summary +
Several studies have shown that energy and carbon taxes play an important role in many EU Member States for meeting their energy savings obligation under Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for the period from 2014 to 2020. Often,… View Summary +
Die deutschen Stromnetze können in den nächsten Jahrzehnten mit vergleichsweise geringem Aufwand fit für die massenhafte Einführung von Elektroautos gemacht werden. Eine intelligente Regulierung vorausgesetzt, wird es bis 2050 jährlich 1,5 Milliarden Euro kosten, Kabel und Trafos so zu… View Summary +
In May 2019, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) loosened restrictions on new coal power plant construction. This gave eight provinces the green light to build new coal-fired generation capacity. Because of the increasingly uncertain value proposition of new coal power generation, even… View Summary +
Die Diskussion über eine Reform der Netzentgeltsystematik dauert inzwischen mehrere Jahre, ohne dass bisher Fortschritte erkennbar wären. Im Gegenteil: Die bestehenden Netzkosten und Netzentgelte werden wieder intransparenter, und etliche Verteilnetzbetreiber haben einen schleichenden Prozess in Richtung höhere Grundpreise in Gang… View Summary +
Five years after passing the Energy Act 2013, the government of Great Britain is conducting a review of the capacity market introduced by this legislation. The evaluation serves to determine whether the capacity market is still necessary and whether it… View Summary +