Medium-term demand for European cross-border electricity transmission capacity

The politics and economics of cross-border electricity infrastructure: A framework for analysis

“…Brancucci Martínez-Anido and colleagues [51] show that under a minimum cost dispatch model, planned additional cross border capacity will reduce dispatch costs, and with a growing demand and increasing renewable generation will also help maintain security of supply and reduce RES curtailment needs. Taking only efficiency and sustainability into account, the Pathways project modelled two alternative scenarios, suggesting that the existing European interconnector capacity of 42GW should be increased to 55-60GW by 2020 [69].…”

“…[57]). This type of a "complementary system" is expected to "play an increasing role in the years to come" ([58]: 11; [51]), while interconnectors have an important role to play also by reducing the need for flexible conventional capacity ( [66]: 120).…”

Modelling the impacts of variable renewable sources on the power sector: Reconsidering the typology of energy modelling tools

“…Many other tools exist that focus on the power system (examples are WILMAR [26,33,34] (Wind Power Integration in Liberalised Electricity Markets), E2M2 [35], LTS [22], EUPowerDispatch [36], URBS-EU [27], PowerACE-Europe [37], the European Climate Foundation model [38], COMPETES [39] (COmprehensive Market Power in Electricity Transmission and Energy Simulator)). Their level of description is somehow similar to the models presented.…”

Embodied CO2 emissions and cross-border electricity trade in Europe: Rebalancing burden sharing with energy storage

“…On the other hand, although large-scale penetration of renewables [8,9] and heavy congestion of several interconnectors [10] both encourage the expansion of cross-border transmission [11], and thus further market integration, justification of such projects is questioned. Reasons for that are owed -besides the extreme investment costs required-to the different regulatory framework and market characteristics among European countries, which could lead to trade inefficiencies [12,13].…”