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Demand flexibility: a key challenge for EU electricity market reform

The massive development of intermittent renewable energies is set to dramatically increase the need for flexibility in the electricity grid, and market players want increased focus on demand management as a source of grid optimisation.

read more... 05/09/2023

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Britain to pay homes to use less power again this winter

Britain’s National Grid will implement its scheme to pay homes to cut electricity use and help prevent power shortages again this winter, it said, following the success of the service last winter when it was first launched.

read more... 01/09/2023

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France may split from EU on power market reform

France will reform its power market to protect domestic companies from price volatility on a national level if it cannot achieve its aims in the EU discussions, the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday.

read more... 31/08/2023

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Fossil fuels' share in EU power mix at lowest level since records began

Fossil fuels produced just 33% of the EU's power in the first half of this year, the lowest share on record based on data going back to 1990, researchers said on Wednesday.

read more... 30/08/2023

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German electricity price fight intensifies ahead of government retreat

The German government coalition is split on whether or not to subsidise electricity prices for energy-intensive industries, such as chemical industries and steel, with Chancellor Scholz’s own Social Democrats party turning against his position.

read more... 29/08/2023

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