Probes confront EU market barriers

The European Commission’s antitrust investigation into EPEX Spot has revealed barriers for the integration of renewables in wholesale power markets. Challenges appear in a range of European marketplaces, but investigations and reforms appear to be clearing barriers to entry.

Issue 06–2021
Systemsicherheit

An analyst monitors Germany’s transmission grid at a 50Hertz control center. The EU’s intraday market mechanisms play an important role in balancing networks and allowing more output from solar and wind into the system.

Image: 50Hertz

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