2nd Policy Workshop

Renewable energy, price formation and policy challenges for electricity markets

Date:  2 November 2012
Venue: Ministry of EL&I, Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague

Topic
The significant growth of renewable generation capacity, in particular wind and solar, increasingly has an effect on the functioning of electricity markets. More and more often, weather conditions will determine the price of electricity, rather than the marginal costs of conventional power plants. As a result, it is uncertain whether the electricity market will provide adequate investment incentives for generation capacity, both conventional and renewable, which might pose a challenge to the security of supply and the affordability of electricity.

In this workshop we will discuss the following issues: 
  • How does a large share of intermittent production from renewable energy affect the level and volatility of electricity prices?
  • How does an increasing share of renewables affect incentives for investments in generation capacity? 
  • What are the policy challenges related to generation and how could these be solved? 
  • Is there any need for coordination among neighbouring countries? 
We are proud to have experts from France, Germany and The Netherlands who will share with us their views. See the programme below.

Registration
Participation in the workshop is free, but registration is required before 24 October 2012. 
Please register here.

Programme
13.30  

14.00 

14.10 



14.45   


15.15   

15.30   

16.00   


16.30   


17.00  

17.30   
Registration and coffee/tea

Opening by Chairman Laurens de Vries (TU Delft)

Simon Mueller (International Energy Agency, IEA, Paris))
Renewable energy and electricity markets: a view on the policy challenges from an international perspective” (presentation)

Ronald Huisman (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Impact of renewables on electricity prices (presentation)

General Discussion

Coffee/tea break

Paul Koutstaal (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands, ECN)
The missing money problem and capacity mechanisms (presentation)

Christian Growitsch (Energy Economics Institute, Cologne, Germany)
Future electricity market design – Challenges and Solutions (presentation)

General discussion

Drinks
Organization 

This workshop is jointly organised by the BAEE and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation (EL&I).
Location 

Ministry of EL&I
(Foyer)
Bezuidenhoutseweg 73 
The Hague
Netherlands


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