The Electricity Area at the Florence School of Regulation is a platform where academics, national regulators, representatives from European institutions, network companies and market players debate and exchange their views and practices about the most recent developments in the industry, its regulation and broader European energy policy.
To remain at the frontier of knowledge and public debate, the Electricity Area develops applied research, innovative training and fosters policy dialogue on the most topical policy and regulatory issues in the electricity sector of Europe and beyond.
In this article, we give a brief overview of how capacity remuneration mechanisms are organised in Europe. We do so…
Lack of interoperability is increasingly becoming a significant issue in the electricity sector. The need to integrate a growing amount of distributed resources, such as renewable energy sources and electric…
In the conclusive installment of this Topic of the Month exploring the fundamental transformation happening in the water supply and…
The notion of flexibility in power systems has gained significant attention as variable renewables like solar and wind continue to…
Customers are expected to play a fundamental role in the transition to a decarbonised and digitalised energy system. However, experience so far suggests that customer engagement in energy markets cannot…
On 20 November, Emma Menegatti, FSR researcher and PhD candidate, presented her recent paper, co-authored with Leonardo Meeus, in the…
EU Electricity Network Codes & the Clean Energy Package Enter the world of electricity markets in Europe ‘Evolution of electricity markets in Europe’ is an 9-week online course in collaboration…
This ten-week course covers the fundamentals of energy and climate policy in the EU Green Deal. The Grand Tour of Europe’s energy and climate policy The European Green Deal is…
All you need to know about the power sector and power systems around the world Power system regulation is never at a rest, and this is particularly true for the…
The school carries out multidisciplinary research with the purpose of developing economically, legally, and socially-sound regulation and policy.
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Energy regulation and decarbonisation: the challenge of net zero Recent extreme weather events around the globe, notably in east Africa and Australia, have again raised the prominence of climate change, and the urgent need for decarbonisation. Closer to home, Spain…
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This debates aims at discussing the extent to which the latest reform of the electricity market design, introduced by legislation…
