Electricity market - National focus

Depending on the scope and objectives of the research, our modelling systems focus geographically on the integrated Northwest European electricity market or the Dutch electricity market.

Dutch electricity market

The POWERS model simulates the Dutch wholesale electricity market within a Northwest European context. The POWERS model was developed in 2001 within ECN to analyse the liberalized Dutch electricity market, incorporating the new structure of the electricity market and the increasing competition between energy companies. For a detailed description of the Powers model, please follow this link.

Among other purposes the model is suitable for determining/projecting:

• Forward prices on the Dutch wholesale electricity market,
• The electricity production mix of the Dutch power sector based on the power generation capacity, electricity demand and price developments,
• Import and export flows of electricity,
• A consistent coupling with decentralized CHP plants
  CO₂ emissions.
• Air quality emissions like NO_x, SO₂ and particulate matter (PM₁₀), based on the fuel mix from electricity production

Projects

• Reference projections
  This project describes the developments of the Dutch energy consumption, the amount of emitted greenhouse gases and air pollutants until 2020. The reference projections are based on specific assumptions with respect to economical and technical developments

Publications

The following publications are available (in Dutch):

• Referentieraming energie en emissies 2010-2020, Daniëls en Kruitwagen (ECN/PBL), April 2010.
• Verkenning CO2-emissie Rotterdam  HIC 2015/2020/2025, May 2010.
• Kernenergie & Brandstofmix. Effecten van nieuwe kerncentrales na 2020 in de kernenergiescenario’s uit het Energierapport 2008, May 2010.

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