capacity market.

The new electricity market agreed during the trilogue in the European Union could mean a revolution on the Polish market. The change in the entries regarding the investment stage of a given coal-fired power plant project, where it can receive public aid, in the case of Poland’s capacity market, could result in the deprivation of […]

What goes on in Poland on the 21st of December.

Are we ready for experiment with the security of the European power system by trading at wholesale markets in full detachment from underlying system operations? – asks Konrad Purchała Ph.D., director for European Integration Policy, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne.

Fabien Roques, Consultant with Compass lexecon and Associate Professor with University Paris Dauphine agreed to answer a couple of questions on capacity market mechanisms.

Fist Madrid, then Paris and Rome, and the summary in Brussels. The Polish Electricity Association has completed in the capital of Belgium the series of conferences on the capacity market.

As long as no affordable electricity storage technology is available, energy supply security can only be guaranteed by fossil fuel-based power plants as a backup when no sun and wind are existing – writes dr. Frank Umbach, Research Director at the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS) at King’s College in London, who […]

Dozens of experts took part in the Euractiv debate in Paris co organised by the PKEE. This was already the second international discussion on the European electricity market. The series of events organised in countries with functioning capacity markets commenced with a Tuesday debate in Madrid. The expert debates are intended to contribute to the […]

Different countries have different experiences with energy sectors. A general overview cannot be simple. In the European Union, we are in a special triangle; somewhere between the security of supply, market and climate change – said the head of Tauron Polish Energy, Filip Grzegorczyk, during a press conference organised by the Polish Electricity Association.

What goes on in Poland on the 15th of May.

The capacity market is not a state aid dedicated to coal. This was proven by the latest decision by the European Commission – argues the representative of the Polish Electricity Association (PKEE).