Capacity adequacy in the Nordic electricity market

• Main Author: Nordic Council of Ministers (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nordic Council of Ministers 2015
• Series: TemaNord
• Subjects: Climate change; energy; climate; Demand response; Euro; Finland; Generation gap; Kilowatt hour; Load profile; Nordic countries; Norway; Sweden; Watt
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

An increasing share of intermittent renewable generation and reduced profitability of conventional power generation has led to a growing concern for capacity adequacy in the Nordic electricity market (Nord Pool market area). It does not make sense to assess capacity adequacy for each country separat...