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February 15, 2019
India Kick-Starts Wholesale Market Reforms
- Dheer Patel
Over the last couple of decades, Indian policymakers have been implementing a wide range of reforms in the electricity sector with the goal of providing reliable, affordable, and clean power to all citizens. During the last few months, the… View Summary +
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February 7, 2019
EU at risk of missing 2020 energy efficiency targets: Lessons for 2030
Energy consumption in the EU is rising despite targets to reduce demand across Europe. This should not come as a surprise and is explained mainly by GDP growth, writes Samuel Thomas. It’s 1992. The Republicans have been in the White… View Summary +
![Man installing thermal roof insulation layer - using mineral wool panels. Attic renovation and insulation concept|graph showing changes in EU primary and final energy consumption from 2005 to 2016 and projections through 2020|Man installing thermal roof insulation layer - using mineral wool panels. Attic renovation and insulation concept|Chart showing indices of climate-corrected residential final energy consumption for space heating in Europe](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sam-ee-energy-consumption-blog-featured-image-680x420.jpg)
December 26, 2018
Energy markets will deliver the flexible, decarbonised power system that we need, not capacity markets
- Michael Hogan ,
- Philip Baker
Energy-only markets will enable the integration of the European electricity market and development of the flexible resources needed to support a decarbonised future. Philip Baker and Michael Hogan offer a critique to RTE’s impact assessment of the French capacity market. View Summary +
![electricity transmission lines and towers in twilight|electricity transmission lines and towers in twilight|electricity transmission lines and towers in twilight|energy supply curve showing value of lost load against price cap](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/transmission-rte-blog-source-russ-allison-loar-flickr-banner-featured-image-fb-680x420.jpg)
December 20, 2018
A perfect match: Using carbon revenues to finance energy efficiency
- Catharina Wiese ,
- Richard Cowart
Europe is racing to meet ambitious 2030 and 2050 climate goals but is still stumbling over one of the foundation stones of a cost-effective clean energy transition—investments in end-use energy efficiency. While this month’s “yellow vest” protests in France are… View Summary +
![hand holding a thermal meter to gauge energy efficiency of room|chart showing growth in EU allowance prices|hand holding a thermal meter to gauge energy efficiency of room|hand holding a thermal meter to gauge energy efficiency of room](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/thermal-image-reader-crr-blog-featured-image-680x406.jpg)
December 17, 2018
“共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益”系列报告之《共益电气化:供暖》
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- David Farnsworth ,
- Camille Kadoch
执行摘要 睿博能源智库认为,有效益的电气化,或者说实现社会利益最大化的电气化,需要达到以下一个或多个条件,且对另外两个条件不产生反作用: 从长期看可以为消费者省钱; 促进电网的更好管理; 减少对环境的消极影响。… View Summary +
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December 11, 2018
EVs’ Rise Doesn’t Need to be Auto Dealers’ Demise
Some argue that the growth of electric vehicles will be the end of auto dealerships. Car dealers today derive significant revenues by providing parts and service for the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles they sell. If EVs, with their… View Summary +
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November 13, 2018
Back to the future: A strong electric vehicle benchmark can cut transport emissions and help modernise Europe’s electricity grid
Over a century ago, electric vehicles (EVs) were the best-selling cars on the market. In 1900, 28 percent of cars on the road in the U.S. were electric. If the competing combustion engine technology had not taken over, today’s policymakers would likely face a… View Summary +
![black electric car attached to a charging station|black electric car attached to a charging station|black electric car attached to a charging station](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/jh-blog-electric-vehicle-shutterstock-featured-image-680x363.jpg)
November 1, 2018
Britain’s capacity market: What Europe can learn
- Philip Baker
The U.K.’s marketwide capacity mechanism for electricity provides a solution to a supply problem that has yet to emerge, writes Phil Baker. A targeted strategic reserve is likely to be a more cost-reflective alternative, he argues. In 2014 Great… View Summary +
![Two bare trees and power lines in snowy field|Chart showing UK capacity margin and number of notifications of insufficient system margin|Two bare trees and power lines in snowy field](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RAP-GB-capacity-market-blog-Nov-1-2018-featured-680x420.jpg)
October 27, 2018
Building efficiency is crucial to a fair energy transition
- Jan Rosenow ,
- Sibyl Steuwer
When we think of the complex transition to clean energy, we often think in terms of broad “how” questions. One question rightfully gaining increasing attention across the EU is how to address energy poverty as part of the clean energy… View Summary +
![modern energy efficient building with solar panels on roof|old run-down gray building in eastern germany needing renovation|old run-down gray building in eastern germany needing renovation|old run-down gray building in eastern germany needing renovation|modern energy efficient building with solar panels on roof|modern energy efficient building with solar panels on roof](https://www.raponline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/building-efficiency-blog-featured-image-680x420.jpg)
October 18, 2018
Smart Grid and Community Benefits—with No Rate Increase? How Burbank Made it Happen
- Jim Lazar
Burbank Water and Power (BWP) is a 50,000-customer, community-owned municipal utility in the Los Angeles area. BWP has implemented an advanced smart grid network, and did so with no rate increase to consumers. How did they do this?… View Summary +
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