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September 7, 2018
Replacing copper with negawatts—how RIIO-2 could revolutionise network regulation
Ofgem’s recent framework decision on improving its performance-based regulation scheme, RIIO, indicates that it may be ready to take a much-needed step toward levelling the playing field between supply-side and customer-side resources. However, it is not yet clear what the… View Summary +
August 24, 2018
中国离自愿性可再生能源市场还有多远?
- Orrin Cook ,
- Frederick Weston
睿博能源智库专家认为,中国的自愿性可再生能源市场潜力巨大,如果进一步健全监管框架,补全市场机制,中国将很可能出现大量的自愿性可再生能源需求。 2015年以来,美国企业正越来越多地认购可再生能源,美国新增可再生能源利用的主要推动力是企业用户与可再生能源发电厂签订购电协议,这已经成为美国可再生能源发展的一个主要趋动因素。而预计2018年美国的自愿认购的可再生能源消费将超过1亿MWh。 中国自愿可再生能源市场于一年前正式启动。2017年6月,第八届清洁能源部长级会议(CEM)在北京举办,其中可再生能源企业采购分论坛重点聚集中国对可再生能源日益增长的需求,介绍了绿色电力消费合作组织(GECCO)在内的新的市场举措。2017年夏,随着可再生能源绿色电力证书自愿认购机制和追踪系统的推出,市场的乐观情绪高涨。然而,在接下来的一年中,据统计只有大约22,000个可再生能源证书(MWh)达成交易。“绿证”制度推行率低,显示了中国企业认购可再生能源的最佳条件尚未成熟。与美国的自愿认购需求相比,中国自愿可再生能源市场规模较小,但同时也说明中国如果能发挥同样自愿性可再生能源市场力量,其潜在效益将十分巨大。然而,… View Summary +
August 24, 2018
Voluntary Renewable Energy Markets in China: Key Conditions for Unlocking Demand
- Orrin Cook ,
- Frederick Weston
During the summer of 2017, at the Eighth Clean Energy Ministerial in Beijing, Center for Resource Solutions co-presented a side event highlighting the growing demand for renewable energy in China and new market initiatives, including the Green Electricity Consumption Cooperative… View Summary +
August 21, 2018
We All Wish We Were More Flexible: Electrification Load as a Grid Flexibility Resource
Imagine you are preparing dinner for guests arriving at 6 p.m. when you learn that they’ve been delayed. And imagine that, instead of keeping the food hot, you had to throw all of it away and start cooking again for… View Summary +
August 16, 2018
共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益(二)
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- Nancy Seidman
前言 本文为共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益 (英文版)摘要第二篇。尽管对于电力公司,消费者和公共环境来说,共益电气化可以带来巨大的创新和机遇,但共益电气化需要各州的行动支持,才能实现相关的利益。本节概述了重要的政策先决条件,实施流程和其他有助于成功实施共益电气化及其众多优势的考虑因素。… View Summary +
August 8, 2018
Energy efficiency could cut UK home energy use in half
“We have done all the easy stuff on energy efficiency,” Dr. Jan Rosenow was told during a 2016 workshop organised by the National Infrastructure Commission on the future of heat in the United Kingdom. Some participants felt that energy efficiency… View Summary +
August 2, 2018
共益电气化:确保电气化实现公共利益(一)
- David Farnsworth ,
- Jessica Shipley ,
- Jim Lazar ,
- Nancy Seidman
前言 本文为睿博能源报告《… View Summary +
July 25, 2018
Making China’s Electricity Markets Work for Clean Energy
As part of the Chinese central government’s power sector reform effort, several provinces have been developing electricity markets. The next stage of this undertaking—design and implementation of “spot markets”—could bring many benefits, including system flexibility to support wind and… View Summary +
July 24, 2018
实施电力现货市场的几点国际经验
为落实中国政府2015年电力改革方案,一些省份一直在致力于发展电力市场。中国国家能源局要求8个试点省区推出“现货市场” ,并要求其中一些省级市场在今年年底开始运营。 改革的下一阶段是设计和实施“现货市场”,据报道这些市场将会包括日前市场和实时市场以及补偿辅助服务的机制。从国际经验的角度来分析现货市场,如果设计得当可以带来许多好处,包括作为经济调度的基础, 支持风能和太阳能发电的系统灵活性,… View Summary +
July 18, 2018
Elektromobilität – ein Mehrwert für die Stromnetze
Die Stromverteilnetze in Europa arbeiten weit unter ihrem vollen Potenzial. Das Laden von Elektrofahrzeugen kann deshalb weitestgehend ohne zusätzlichen Netzausbau erfolgen, hat das Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) in einer Kurzanalyse festgestellt. „Intelligente Preisgestaltung und smarte Technologien sind die Schlüssel dafür“,… View Summary +