Markets, infrastructure and energy security

For this area the unit aims at improving knowledge and insights in developments of energy production, networks and markets and the use of this knowledge and insights for policy support in the Netherlands and for the European Union. The objectives for the three sub-areas are:

• Competition in energy production and supply: Extension and application of knowledge on competition in gas, oil and power markets, both in the short-term and long-term. This includes the structure of energy markets, energy pricing and investments in production technologies. The focus is on policy questions related to the conditions and regulations set by the government for energy markets and energy production technologies, for example the conditions and (environmental) regulations for carbon capture & storage (CCS) and nuclear power. Other issues are the impact of CO2 emission trading on investment decisions and impact of intermittent electricity supply (i.e. wind energy) on power markets.
• Regulation of gas and electricity networks: Extension and application of knowledge on the economic regulation of gas and electricity networks. The focus is on regulatory improvements regarding investments in network extensions and reinforcements, innovation necessary for integration of intermittent energy sources in electricity networks and tariff setting that provide incentives for optimal operation of networks.
• Energy security of supply: Extension and application of knowledge in methods and options that strengthen energy supply security for the Netherlands and Europe. The focus is on developing and improving indicators and identification of options and policies warranting energy supply for the Netherlands and the EU both in the short-term (power generation adequacy and maintaining gas supply under extreme circumstances) and long-term (investments in networks and production capacity).

Topics related to this area of expertise can be found at:

Electricity Market
Gas & Oil Market
Energy Infrastructure: Transport & Storage
Security of Supply

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Ongoing and Recent Projects

• Understanding gas sector intra- and inter-market interactions
  How to assess the gas sector as a complex socio-technical system governed by institutions and regulation, and how to model its operation and evolution to provide underpinning for government policy and company strategy?
• Upstream and downstream security of gas supply
  A comprehensive analysis of security of supply issues on the gas market on both the upstream and downstream-side.
• ENCOURAGED
  The project on Energy Corridor Optimisation for the European Markets for Gas, Electricity and Hydrogen.

For more information please contact Paul Koutstaal.