Hydro electricity generation is of great importance for the current and the future electricity system since it provides electricity without emitting CO2 and moreover hydro reservoirs offer high operational flexibility. With increasing shares of fluctuating renewable energies, their value is even...

In European intraday electricity markets, a systematic zigzag pattern can be observed, characterized by alternating maxima and minima at the shift of hourly products. This price formation contradicts the fundamental understanding, that prices to are a monotonously increasing function of residual...

The profitable exploitation of asset portfolios in the European electricity markets has become more challenging in recent years. This is particularly true for combined heat and power (CHP) generation units that are often facing must-run conditions due to heat demands that need to be satisfied....