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Can self-sufficiency contribute to regional power trade?

Can self-sufficiency contribute to regional power trade?

ECA INSIGHT >> Can self-sufficiency contribute to regional power trade? Feb, 2019 The question posed in the title is deliberately paradoxical – self-sufficiency must surely always be the enemy of expanding trade in electricity. Apparently not: self-sufficiency...
Energy efficiency obligation schemes: the exit plan

Energy efficiency obligation schemes: the exit plan

ECA INSIGHT >> Energy efficiency obligation schemes: the exit plan Dec, 2018 The EU’s updated Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) retains Article 7, which requires Member States to implement an Energy Efficiency Obligation (EEO) scheme, or eligible Alternative...
Batteries: modelling value in alternative markets

Batteries: modelling value in alternative markets

ECA INSIGHT >> Batteries: modelling value in alternative markets Oct, 2018 Electricity storage devices are widely expected to become the must-have add-on to electricity systems increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables. As battery technology has rapidly...
Hydropower: helpful, harmful, hopeful?

Hydropower: helpful, harmful, hopeful?

ECA INSIGHT >> Hydropower: helpful, harmful, hopeful? Sep, 2018 Hydropower is the largest source of renewable energy in the world, accounting for around 71% of all renewable electricity [1]. It is expected to play a critical role in decarbonising the power...
The price for solidarity: gas valuation during disruptions

The price for solidarity: gas valuation during disruptions

ECA INSIGHT >> The price for solidarity: gas valuation during disruptions Aug, 2018 European legislation [1] foresees a solidarity gas agreement between member states in case of a supply disruption. In February 2018 the European Commission released a...