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December 12, 2020
Offshore wind should be seen as a joint European resource
Offshore wind is a special resource. The fact that there is little legacy infrastructure, coupled with the impressive European ambition of expanding the current capacity of 12 GW to 300 GW by 2050, raises an important question: How can we… View Summary +
![Wind turbines in the water off the coast of a European country|Wind turbines in the water off the coast of a European country](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/offshore-wind-europe-resource-featured-680x420.jpeg)
November 12, 2020
Choose Your Own Road Trip: A Toolkit for Transportation Electrification
Electrification of the transportation sector provides an opportunity for states to save citizens money on fuel, improve the local economy, address national security concerns, improve public health and combat climate change. Some of these attributes have more urgency than ever,… View Summary +
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November 10, 2020
Why India should keep coal out of its infrastructure story
- Rasika Athawale
As India looks to “build back better” from the Covid crisis, the country would benefit economically, environmentally and socially by investing in clean technologies. In late 2019, the Indian government announced a $1.4trn National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) to jump-start… View Summary +
![Thermal plant in India|Despite a decline in development](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/india-coal-plant-featured-680x420.jpg)
November 5, 2020
可再生能源如何参与电力市场?
- Fredrich (Fritz) Kahrl ,
- Wang Xuan ,
- Max Dupuy
随着中国政府提出的低碳、零碳观念的深入,电力行业首当其冲需要加速扩大清洁电力的渗透率。在各地区探索电力市场设计,逐步完善电力交易规则的新形势下,如何让以光伏发电,风能发电为代表的可再生能源以及新兴的储能资源参与市场是业界关心的话题。 我们前几篇政策短文就电力区域市场建设,区域市场之间的协调进行了讨论,在这一篇和下一篇短文中,我们会基于国际经验分别介绍可再生能源和储能参与电力市场的途径和步骤。 光伏发电和风能发电参与电力市场的三种模式 在之前的文章中,我们提出区域RTO是提供低成本灵活性的良好途径,从而更好地应对波动性可再生能源出力的不确定性。可再生能源在不同时间尺度更好地参与电力市场有利于电力系统稳定高效运行,支持低成本零碳转型。在美国RTO/ISO地区,可再生能源在过去的十多年一直积极参与电力市场,为形成风能和太阳能发电的“参与模式”积累了宝贵的经验。美国可再生能源主要参与三类市场竞争:远期市场(中长期市场)、电能量市场、辅助服务市场。 一、远期市场(中长期市场)… View Summary +
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October 26, 2020
Revisiting the Public Good, Part 2: What Do We Mean by “Good”?
Simple terms can provide a useful framework and help us understand complex things. Raising children, for example, is a highly involved, lengthy and expensive undertaking, but can be reduced to a couple of words: You want your kids to grow… View Summary +
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October 23, 2020
Revisiting the Public Good, Part 1: A Better Understanding of “Public”
Ensuring the “public good” has been a central regulatory goal since the US Supreme Court decided Munn v. Illinois in 1876, a case in which the court determined that grain elevators — because of their key role in the… View Summary +
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October 7, 2020
Efficiency First must tackle implementation issues to be effective
Efficiency First policy needs to be effectively applied across the EU in order to meet decarbonisation goals. As is the case in many countries in Europe, households in Great Britain can benefit from public subsidies if they install renewable heating… View Summary +
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September 30, 2020
Heating homes with hydrogen: Are we being sold a pup?
Hydrogen has an important role to play in the clean energy transition, but there are better options for decarbonising heating in our homes. The expression ‘to sell someone a pup’ comes from an old confidence trick, where a bag… View Summary +
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September 15, 2020
Adiós al carbón, bienvenida flexibilidad de demanda: Cómo puede España liderar la transición energética
- Christos Kolokathis
Cuando varias centrales térmicas cierran simultáneamente, aproximadamente 4’6 GW el 30 de junio de 2020, sería de esperar algún… View Summary +
![Solar panels and wind turbines|Solar panels and wind turbines](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/spain-cm-solar-windmills-featured-680x420.jpeg)
September 15, 2020
Adios to coal, bienvenido demand flexibility: How Spain can lead the way in the energy transition
- Christos Kolokathis
When a bunch of thermal power plants shut down simultaneously, around 4.6 GW on 30 June 2020, one would normally expect to hear concerns about emerging blackouts. But not in Spain. The recent closure of half of the remaining… View Summary +
![Solar panels and wind turbines|Solar panels and wind turbines](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/spain-cm-solar-windmills-featured-680x420.jpeg)