March 16, 2023: The elevated use of small renewables and power storage methods to assist stabilize the European electrical energy market and alleviate the power disaster are included within the European Fee’s proposals revealed right this moment.
The change within the electrical energy market is critical as a result of the power disaster reveals “how uncovered customers and industries are and our lack of resilience to the rise in power costs”, based on the proposed revised regulation.
In rising the deployment of ESS and small-scale renewables, nationwide market operators are anticipated to help buying and selling in day by day and intraday markets which can be “sufficiently small in measurement, with a minimal bid of measurement of 100kW or much less” – as an alternative of the present 500kW or much less requirement.
This can enable for efficient participation in demand facet response, power financial savings and small modifications together with direct involvement of shoppers, the draft stated, in a transfer that might additionally embrace of grid automobile applied sciences.
The proposals state that buyers must also be capable of select a separate provider for the electrical energy {of electrical} home equipment akin to warmth pumps or electrical autos with very excessive consumption, or which can be able to additionally shift their energy consumption robotically in response to cost alerts.
And EU member states ought to do extra to encourage funding in selling participation in demand facet response and power financial savings.
“As extra wind and solar energy enters the system, storage is particularly wanted to stability variable provide with variable demand,” the proposals state.
Transmission system operators should publish “in a transparent and clear method” data on the capability obtainable for brand new connections of their respective areas of operation, together with in congestion areas when versatile power storage connections might be accommodated, and replace that data at the very least quarterly.
The evaluation of the flexibleness wants of the electrical energy system ought to think about all present and deliberate investments in flexibility sources, together with ESS methods, based on the proposals, which ought to be mentioned and to be authorized by the European Parliament and the European Council earlier than implementation.
