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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...
GB gas market neither shaken nor stirred by Rough closure so far

GB gas market neither shaken nor stirred by Rough closure so far

ECA INSIGHT >> GB gas market neither shaken nor stirred by Rough closure so far Feb, 2018 The closure of GB’s largest gas storage facility (Rough) led to concerns among market observers and participants of supply shortages and increased GB gas price volatility....