Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283357 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
HEMF Working Paper No. 03/2023
Publisher: 
University of Duisburg-Essen, House of Energy Markets & Finance (HEMF), Essen
Abstract: 
Reductions in gas supply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine have affected the security of supply of the European power system along with other stress factors like low availability of French nuclear reactors. Consequently, more sophisticated approaches to investigate generation adequacy and to anticipate risks in security of supply are needed. Especially a thorough assessment of generation adequacy taking into account both the variability of renewable infeed and the availability of thermal power plants based on a probabilistic approach has been missing so far. In this paper, we apply a novel integrative approach to analyze generation adequacy in a case study for Central Western Europe during the winter half year 2022/2023. The approach makes use of a multivariate probabilistic framework built on publicly available data. For assessing generation adequacy, stochastic distributions are fitted to the data and Monte Carlo simulations are performed to identify future threats to generation adequacy. Results show that based on data available at the end of September 2022, generation adequacy (GA) was at risk in several core European countries, yet that the European interconnected power grid contributed to a strong risk reduction.
Subjects: 
Security of Supply
Generation Adequacy
Probabilistic
Monte Carlo
Energy System Modeling
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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