Ideas, institutions and interests in the politics of cross-border electricity interconnection: Greenlink, Britain and Ireland

Dutton, Joseph; Lockwood, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.03.001

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“…Nevertheless, expanding and incentivizing cross-border coordination of electricity interconnection may be necessary to meet demands. Examples include China's inter-regional and interprovincial exchanges that consist of 15.9% of electricity consumption (Hurlbut et al 2017), and the European Commission's energy roadmap which set a target goal of 15% interconnections by 2030 (Dutton and Lockwood 2017). Coordinated planning for power generation, transmission, and exchanges, and adequate pricing, trading, and regulatory mechanisms are key to cross-border integration of renewable energy generated on converted lands (Dutton and Lockwood 2017, Hurlbut et al 2017, Mehling et al 2018.…”

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From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

Baruch‐Mordo

Kiesecker

Kennedy

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

Baruch‐Mordo

Kiesecker

Kennedy

et al. 2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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“…Connecting two electricity markets generally results in greater price convergence between the two markets and lower price volatility [39]. This, in effect, creates both "winners and losers", as the fall in electricity prices in one region, thanks to the interconnectors, penalizes electricity producers, whereas the rise in electricity prices in the other region adversely affects electricity consumers in that region [34,40]. Furthermore, interconnectors bring about technical benefits to the power system [41], especially in situations of high renewable power penetration [42,43].…”

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“…Furthermore, investment in interconnectors is complicated by long planning and construction times, onerous permit procedures, and the possibility that interconnector capacities will be under-used and, therefore, become stranded [34]. Barriers to investment in interconnectors are exacerbated by the presence of a "regulatory gap" in which there is no regulator responsible for cross-border infrastructures [40]. The uncertainty arising from Brexit could increase the reluctance to invest in further interconnector projects.…”

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Analyzing Brexit: Implications for the Electricity System of Great Britain

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The UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) has potential ramifications for the country’s electricity sector, given its increasing interlinkage with other EU electricity systems. Brexit could hamper the development toward higher market integration and the realization of new interconnector projects. Moreover, a fall in the value of the Pound, resulting from Brexit in the medium term, could also affect the electricity trading structure. Combining a European electricity market model and a multi-criteria decision analysis tool, this study assesses the implications of Brexit for the electricity market of Great Britain (hereafter GB) for 2030, from the perspective of (i) political decision makers, (ii) electricity consumers, and (iii) producers. Results indicate that the implications of Brexit depend on the future development of the GB electricity system and on the objectives of the respective stakeholders. Possible opportunities brought by Brexit under a low-carbon trajectory contrast with greater challenges and tradeoffs between stakeholders under alternative power system development paths. Despite increased British autonomy in energy and climate matters, there remains interdependency between British and EU energy policy.

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“…However, following the Irish electricity market reform proposal that envisions the removal or higher cap value for intermittent energy in the day-ahead market, higher penetration of wind is expected. In turn, it is likely to result a lower DA market price in the Irish side of the interconnection to make the electricity trade more beneficial for UK consumers [30].…”

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Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Network Investment: Perspective and Risk Framework of Third Party Investors

Huang

Hertem

2018

Energies

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In Europe, significant amount of interconnection capacity investments are expected in the next decades. However, the risks associated with transmission network investment in the cross-border context are rarely discussed. In this paper, we develop a conceptual framework to assess the cross-border transmission network investment risks from the third party investor perspective. Risks are examined in relation to cost benefit perceptions in different phases of projects to shed lights of the dynamics in the life cycle of the project. The risk framework also takes into account the energy governance at different institutional level to characterize the uncertainties from cross-border coordination. The proposed risk framework is applied to the European case study.

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Ideas, institutions and interests in the politics of cross-border electricity interconnection: Greenlink, Britain and Ireland

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

From Paris to practice: sustainable implementation of renewable energy goals

Analyzing Brexit: Implications for the Electricity System of Great Britain

Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Network Investment: Perspective and Risk Framework of Third Party Investors

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