The combination of the ambitious German greenhouse gas reduction goals in the power sector and the nuclear phase-out raises many questions concerning the operational security of the German electricity generation system. This paper focusses on the technical feasibility (electricity generation and...

This paper uses the E-simulate model of electricity generation to estimate how much the stacking order of different technologies changes when a carbon price is introduced. Different coal and gas price scenarios are explored, and some sensitivity analysis is made of the relative market share of...

The creation of the EU ETS led to changes in the merit order of the different plants competing on the electricity grid, and in the fuel-switching opportunities in the UK. This country has the greatest potential for CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emissions reduction through fuel-switching within the EU, thanks to its...</small></sub>

This paper presents the development of a method to determine the value of forecasting (for load, wind power, etc.) in electricity-generation. An adaptive unit commitment (UC) strategy has been developed for this aim. An electricity generator faces demand with a given uncertainty. Forecasts are...

Notwithstanding its variability and limited controllability, wind power is expected to contribute strongly to electricity generation from renewable energy sources in the coming decades. Treating wind power as non-dispatchable by subtracting its output from the original load profile, results in a...