Renewables Archives

2025-08-26

ECF Regulatory Report: Empowering Local Grids: How Energy Communities Can Enable Variable Renewable Integration

The aim of the research was to identify and measure the beneficial effects of community energy initiatives on the electricity grid, particularly regarding the integration of solar power plants. Additionally, we aimed to identify a set of regulatory incentive tools that can effectively support community energy projects in expanding their efforts in ways that benefit the overall energy system.

2025-07-08

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: Price Zero, Or Less, For 17 Hours In A Row: “Happy Hours” For Electricity in France

On June 5th, 2025 France experienced a special event of the power system. Despite being a normal working day, the day-ahead market recorded electricity prices in France equal to zero or slightly negative for a full row of 17 consecutive hours, marking an unprecedented record for the duration of this phenomenon, which signals a production surplus.

2025-05-29

ERRA Report: Energy Transition in Selected Economies with Coal-Fired Electricity Sectors

Phasing out coal is a quite challenging task for energy policy in the modern era. It involves the very particular need to balance technical, financial, social, and regulatory difficulties.

2025-03-21

ACER Report: Key Developments in European Electricity and Gas Markets

This ACER Monitoring Report on key developments in EU energy markets highlights major trends in 2024, focusing on the interaction between gas and electricity. It sets out ACER’s recommendations on how Europe can unlock a clean, secure and competitive energy future.

2025-03-13

ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter: The Novel Electricity Market Aggregator Regulation in Türkiye

The ERRA Regulatory Story of the Quarter discussed Türkiye’s new Electricity Market Aggregator Regulation in an interview with Mr. Mr. Ahmet Çağrı Çiçek, Commissioner at EMRA and ERRA Presidium member.

2025-02-07

ERRA Issues Two Nuclear Forum Summary Reports

As a product of the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Forum (NERF), held in Warsaw on June 6-7, 2024, ERRA is pleased to share the two reports summarizing the key findings of the Forum’s sessions 3-4-5.

2024-11-26

CEER Report: Impact of High Market Prices on Renewables

This CEER Report aims to provide some insight into how high market prices affected supported RES in Europe.

2024-11-14

DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook 2024

The global energy landscape is evolving, with an increasing focus on sustainability and the transition towards cleaner energy sources.

2024-10-14

ERRA-RAP Study: Navigating Power Grid Scarcity in the Age of Renewable Energy – Policy and Regulatory Context and Tools

Grid scarcity in countries characterized by a high phase of renewable energy integration is one of the key barriers for their successful energy transition. As the issue becomes more apparent also among ERRA member countries, the Association issues the Study on how grid scarcity is perceived among ERRA regulators and how the issue can be tackled with the right tools.