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Cross-border electricity interconnectors in the EU : the status quo
Brunekreeft, Gert; Meyer, Roland - 2018
An important goal of the European Commission is the promotion of the internal energy market (here specifically electricity), which requires sufficient and adequate cross-border interconnector capacity. However, cross-border interconnector capacity is scarce and, more importantly, the progress of...
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Liberalisation of network industries : is electricity an exception to the rule?
Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004
) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with … the economies of scale have disappeared as a result of emerging new technologies. The successful deregulation in … substantial. Moreover, in addition to the deregulation process, the electricity sector is also subject to other changes such as …
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Market Power in the Nordic Wholesale Electricity Market: A Survey of the Empirical Evidence
Fridolfsson, Sven-Olof; Tangerås, Thomas - 2008
We review the recent empirical research concerning market power on the Nordic wholesale market for electricity, Nord Pool. There is no evidence of blatant and systematic exploitation of system level market power on Nord Pool. However, generation companies seem from time to time able to take...
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A vision of the European energy future? : the impact of the German response to the Fukushima earthquake
Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Waterson, Michael - 2014
The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...
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Künftige Netzregulierung als Grundpfeiler einer effektiven Liberalisierung des deutschen Stromsektors
Leprich, Uwe; Diekmann, Jochen; Ziesing, Hans-Joachim - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 76 (2007) 1, pp. 87-98
Mit dem 2005 novellierten Energiewirtschaftsgesetz wurde in Deutschland eine staatliche Regulierung der Energienetze eingeführt, die einen diskriminierungsfreien Netzzugang und eine zunächst kostenorientierte Entgeltbindung vorsieht. Wie schon in vielen anderen Ländern soll künftig auch hier...
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Liberalisation of network industries: Is the electricity sector an exception to the rule?
Coppens, François; Vivet, David - 2004
) monopoly thesis. Recently, however, a trend towards deregulation of such industries has been observed. This trend started with … the economies of scale have disappeared as a result of emerging new technologies. The successful deregulation in … substantial. Moreover, in addition to the deregulation process, the electricity sector is also subject to other changes such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506581
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Evaluation of strategy of power generation business under large-scale integration of renewable energy
Brunekreeft, Gert; Buchmann, Marius; Hattori, Toru; … - 2016 - March 29, 2016
The German energy transition massively alters the market structure of electricity supply and forces incumbent electric utilities to rethink their business strategies. We analyze three main developments that undermine the former market dominance of the “Big 4” incumbents in Germany. First,...
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Restructuring European electricity markets : a panel data analysis
Hyland, Marie - 2015
This paper looks at the restructuring of European electricity markets that has been taking place since the 1990s. This liberalisation process, driven largely by EU legislation aiming to create a single market for electricity, has led to significant changes in how electricity markets in member...
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The legal configuration of hydrocarbon infrastructure
Astoria, Ross - Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis - 2016
The United States' greenhouse gas mitigation strategy decentralizes mitigation responsibility to the states and states have primary regulatory jurisdiction over electrical power utilities. Using the biophysical approach, this paper introduces the notion of hydrocarbon infrastructure. Focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458199
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Market Power in the German Wholesale Electricity Market
Müsgens, Felix - 2004
This paper quantifies the degree of market power in the German wholesale electricity market. A fundamental model is used to derive competitive marginal cost estimators which are compared with observed electricity prices. Marginal costs are calculated focusing on market fundamentals such as plant...
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