This CEPS Special Report analyses the benefits that would result from more electricity trading in northern Europe – including the Nordic and Baltic states, Germany, the UK, Poland, the Netherlands and Belgium. It argues that trading electricity across national borders can bring down the cost...

Electricity trading can bring down the costs of the EU’s transition to a competitive low-carbon economy, in particular by facilitating the integration of renewable energy from variable sources. This CEPS Special Report finds, however, that insufficient grid infrastructure and regulatory...

This Policy Brief argues that pursuing the renewables objective could contribute to the completion of the internal electricity market, help to overcome opposition to transmission projects and decrease the market power of incumbents. Conversely, an integrated internal electricity market means...