Search Results - subject:"Electricity markets"

Rooftop solar PV, coal plant inflexibility and the minimum load problem

Simshauser, Paul; Wild, Phillip - In: The energy journal 46 (2025) 1, pp. 93-118

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Unilateral market power in financial transmission rights auctions

O'Keefe, Matthew - In: The energy journal 46 (2025) 3, pp. 103-122

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Nonparametric tests for perfect competition: Theory and application to the Nordic wholesale electricity market

Hjertstrand, Per; Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2025

This paper develops a simple nonparametric test for perfect competition in markets for homogenous goods. The method only requires data on prices and some aggregate of output. We then generalize the method to account for variable capacity and intertemporal production decisions. We apply the...

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Unlocking thermal flexibility for the electricity system by combining heat pumps and thermal storage

Sitzmann, Amelie - 2025

The expansion of heat pumps drives the electrification of the heating sector which is important to achieve Germany's ambitious climate targets. This paper examines the impact of heat pumps in combination with thermal storage on the flexibility of the German electricity system in 2030, focusing...

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Three zones fix all? : analyzing static welfare impacts of splitting the German bidding zone under friction

Czock, Berit Hanna - 2025

This study examines the static market and welfare effects of splitting the German bidding zone, comparing a two-zone and a three-zone configuration for a 2030 scenario. Using a state-of-the-art grid and market model with explicit representation of frictions in flow-based market coupling and...

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Nonparametric tests for perfect competition : theory and application to the Nordic wholesale electricity market

Hjertstrand, Per; Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2025

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015413462

Failure by Design: The California Energy Crisis and the Limits of Market Planning

Rilinger, Georg - 2024

began in April 2000, when price spikes started to rattle California's electricity markets. Decades later, some blame …

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The new merit order: The viability of energy-only electricity markets with only intermittent renewable energy sources and grid-scale storage

Antweiler, Werner; Muesgens, Felix - 2024

What happens to the merit order of electricity markets when all electricity is supplied by intermittent renewable … electricity markets in Texas and Germany. What emerges in market equilibrium is the 'new merit order'. Our work demonstrates that … as long as free entry and competition ensure effective price setting, an efficient new merit order emerges in electricity …

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Ein Erneuerbare-Energien-Pool lässt Verbraucher*innen an den Vorteilen der Energiewende teilhaben

Neuhoff, Karsten; Kröger, Mats; Stolle, Leon - In: DIW Wochenbericht 91 (2024) 15, pp. 227-234

Hohe und unsichere Stromkosten werden von der deutschen Wirtschaft als große Herausforderungen angesehen. Über einen Erneuerbare-Energien-Pool (EE-Pool) könnten derartige Preisrisiken mittelfristig abgesichert werden. Im Poolkonzept werden die günstigen Konditionen wettbewerblicher...

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A Renewable Energy Pool brings benefits of energy transition to consumers

Neuhoff, Karsten; Kröger, Mats; Stolle, Leon - In: DIW Weekly Report 14 (2024) 15, pp. 119-126

German companies view high and uncertain electricity prices a major challenge. A Renewable Energy Pool (RE-Pool), wherein the favorable conditions of competitive tenders for new wind and solar power projects are passed on to electricity consumers, could hedge such price risks. Consumers'...

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