The generating power mix has deeply changed in the last years. Especially in Europe, the
electric systems are evolving towards a more decentralized architecture, widely penetrated …

Flexibility markets are a promising tool to make better use of existing distribution grids. We
analyse four pioneering projects implementing flexibility markets: Piclo Flex, Enera …

For restructured electricity industries undergoing energy transition, designing effective and
efficient frequency control arrangements is a complex and ongoing task that requires …

In an era of energy transition, it is crucial to ensure that the design of the short-term electricity
market provides sufficient cash flows to producers so as to allow the investment of the right …

Capacity mechanisms are increasingly used in electricity market design around the world
yet their role remains hotly debated. This paper introduces a new benchmark model of a …

Deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs) is accelerating across the United States.
These assets have the potential to provide cost-effective grid services and bulk power while …

Confirmation holism presents a serious but little-discussed challenge for testing energy
system models using historical datasets. Confirmation holism is the thesis that no individual …

Zonal pricing with countertrading (a market-based redispatch) gives arbitrage opportunities
to the power producers located in the export-constrained nodes. They can increase their …

Prior to the worldwide wave of restructuring that began in the 1990s, 1 electricity supply
industries (ESIs) differed substantially between nations and even within them. As Section 2 …

Iranian day-ahead market (IDAM) launched in 2003. However, after several years from
launching, there are still significant challenges in this market, such as the high number of …