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Diese Publikation ist in wesentlichen Teilen eine Übersetzung des in den Proceedings of the 90th International Conference on the European Energy Market veröffentlichten Titels „Beyond Capacity Markets—Delivering Capability Resources to Europe’s Decarbonised Power System“ von Meg Gottstein und Simon Skillings… View Summary +
The RAP paper “Beyond Capacity Markets” released April 2012 discussed reasons why, in power systems with large shares of variable renewable production, existing capacity market models may no longer be up to their intended task of driving the investments required… View Summary +
This report discusses important issues in the design and deployment of time-varying rates. The term, time-varying rates, is used in this report as encompassing traditional time-of-use rates (such as time-of-day rates and seasonal rates) as well as newer dynamic pricing… View Summary +
This document is a summary that presents the best practices identified in a comprehensive RAP report on energy efficiency obligations (EEOs). Governments in various jurisdictions around the world have endeavored to improve end-use energy efficiency, and in some cases also… View Summary +
The U.S. electricity system faces multiple urgent challenges to address transmission needs, adapt to smart grid technologies, expand energy efficiency and renewable energy use, and meet increasingly stringent environmental requirements. Air quality management faces equally daunting challenges driven by the… View Summary +
Recent advances in drilling and extraction technologies have fundamentally changed the economics of natural gas in the United States and have the potential to do so around the world. The implications that this has for energy policy generally—and climate change… View Summary +
Improvements to electric efficiency in homes and businesses provide a variety of benefits to both the customers making the improvements and to the electric system as a whole. The most widely recognized are energy savings and system peak demand savings. View Summary +
China’s new state-of-the-art national air pollution standards for thermal power plants went into effect January 1, 2012, replacing standards that had been in effect since 2003.1 Not only are these standards much more stringent than the previous standards, but they… View Summary +
Partnering with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Exeter Associates, RAP prepared this paper for the Western Governors’ Association that explores approaches for reducing costs to integrate wind and solar in the Western U.S., barriers to adopting these cost-saving measures,… 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 +
Recent studies provide compelling reasons why wind potential estimates in India need to be reassessed. First, a study published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that was conducted by experts from Harvard University and the Technical Research Center of Finland… View Summary +
At the request of policy advisors within the German government, RAP Europe summarizes the lessons learned from the “forward” capacity markets implemented to date. The paper draws from these lessons key market design observations for Germany, as it proceeds to… View Summary +