-dominated electricity system using Switzerland as a case study. By using a short-term hydropower operation model and a set of Swiss … hydropower plants, we are able to identify a competitive benchmark for Swiss balancing market prices defined by the opportunity … costs of hydropower for providing balancing capacity. Our results show that Swiss balancing market prices are influenced by …

Hydropower (HP) is expected to play an important role in the European energy transition by providing back-up and …

Low electricity prices put economic pressure on hydropower companies. A more flexible water fee design can counteract … developments dominate changes in water fees and that for the profitability of hydropower, electricity prices are more important … this pressure and support hydropower companies during times when market revenues are low. However, this comes at the cost …

Swiss Hydropower (HP) is currently facing a wide range of challenges that have initiated a debate about future …

transition. I use an operational model for a set of Swiss hydropower plants to quantify the opportunity costs of balancing … provision for hydropower under the past, current, and future Swiss balancing market designs. My results show that compared to …

-dominated electricity system using Switzerland as a case study. By using a short-term hydropower operation model and a set of Swiss … hydropower plants, we are able to identify a competitive benchmark for Swiss balancing market prices defined by the opportunity … costs of hydropower for providing balancing capacity. Our results show that Swiss balancing market prices are influenced by …

Hydropower (HP) is expected to play an important role in the European energy transition by providing back-up and …

Low electricity prices put economic pressure on hydropower companies. A more flexible water fee design can counteract … developments dominate changes in water fees and that for the profitability of hydropower, electricity prices are more important … this pressure and support hydropower companies during times when market revenues are low. However, this comes at the cost …