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We believe that sharing our expertise and collaborations in clean energy policy is how real, effective change happens.
From reports and policy briefs, to webinars and podcasts—RAP advisors have built an extensive collection of resources providing in-depth analysis and practical solutions to today’s energy challenges.
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Achieving important Energy Union policy objectives (including energy security, internal energy market (IEM) completion, and 2030 greenhouse gas abatement targets) will depend on the EU’s ability to develop coherent rules that better align market and climate objectives and facilitate collaboration… View Summary +
RAP’s 2015 publication Smart Rate Design for a Smart Future identifies three key rate design principles for an evolving industry. First, a customer should be able to connect to the grid for no more than the cost of connecting to… View Summary +
States can meet their obligations to the new Clean Power Plan (CPP) with a variety of tools, from shifting generation to developing lower-carbon resources to making energy efficiency investments. One often-overlooked way to comply with the CPP, however, is electricity… View Summary +
This paper, part of a series of primers on the economic, institutional, political, and technological challenges of integrating renewable energy into power systems in China, focuses on electricity system planning. It explores the various electricity planning processes in China, centered… View Summary +
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 +
电力行业耗煤约占中国每年煤炭消费总量的一半。为此，中国要实现空气质量治理方面的宏伟目标，落实在煤炭消费控制、能源效率、可再生能源和碳排放方面的政策，电力行业必须在政策、法规、市场和经营模式方面做出改变。… View Summary +
Collaboratives for energy efficiency have a long and successful history and are currently used, in some form, in more than half of the U.S. states. Collaboratives can be useful to gather stakeholder input on changing program budgets and program changes… View Summary +
Deutschland hat den Anspruch, eine kosteneffiziente, umweltfreundliche und sichere Energieversorgung zu gewähren. Allerdings schließt Kosteneffizienz auch die optimierte Bereitstellung der nachfrageseitigen Ressourcen im Verhältnis zu den angebotsseitigen Ressourcen (inklusive des Netzes) ein. Dieser Aspekt ist in der nationalen Effizienzdebatte bisher… View Summary +
Kontekst europejski: W większości krajów europejskich ekstremalnie wysokie temperatury wywołały presję na krajowych operatorów i system energetyczny. Presja objawiała się koniecznością podejmowania dodatkowych działań bilansujących i generowała dodatkowe koszty, np. w Niemczech operator systemu przesyłowego wyliczył je na 25 mln… 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 +
Although individual utility companies own the power plants and lines that generate and carry electricity to consumers, many have joined regional transmission operators (RTOs), which coordinate resources over a broader geographic area to secure greater system reliability and reduce costs. View Summary +
