We analyze a drastic price increase in the German auction market for reserve power, which did not appear to be driven … back to an abuse of the auction’s pay-as-bid mechanism by the two largest firms. In contrast to theoretical findings, we …

transition. In this paper, we investigate the German pilot auction scheme for solar photovoltaics introduced in the Renewable … Energies Act 2014 (EEG 2104) that serves as a pilot for the auction-based promotion of the three major large-scale renewable … electricity generation technologies (wind, solar, biomass) after 2017. A strategic bidding model is used to determine the optimal …