This CERRE report analyses the possible evolution of the European electricity market under different levels of variable renewable energy penetration towards 2025.

The EU’s multiple efforts for decarbonisation with its long term strategy for a climate neutral economy by 2050, and the heated negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and Commission for a new market design highlight the many issues Europe is facing for defining the right electricity market. In this context, the authors of this new study have modelled and analysed the possible evolution of the electricity market under different variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration scenarios. They have looked at the necessary adaptation that these imply to the electricity market.

Overall, the report highlights the challenges for the current market design in moving towards self-financing VRE. It also observes a likely continuation of the difficulties faced by generators in financing their investments on the basis of wholesale power prices alone, with only some partial mitigation should commodity prices rise, as expected by the IEA, or with substantial improvements in interconnection across Europe.

https://www.cerre.eu/publications/europes-electricity-market-design-2030-and-beyond

https://www.cerre.eu/sites/cerre/files/181206_CERRE_MarketDesign_FinalReport.pdf

Outlook-2019.pdf