<p>REGULATORY ROADMAPS FOR LARGE-SCALE INTEGRATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM INTERMITTENT RESOURCES IN FIVE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY MARKETS</p><p>[Adriaan van der Welle, ECN, +31 224 564496, [email protected]] [Jeroen de Joode, ECN and TU Delft, +31 224 568250, [email protected]] [Frits van Oostvoorn, ECN, +31 224 564438, [email protected]] Overview The proposed increase of the share of renewables up to 20% of electricity consumption in 2020 in EU will require much larger shares of (intermittent) renewables, especially wind, in electricity generation than today (more than 35% at least). However, a higher share of renewables increases system costs since additional network capacity, system balancing and flexible conventional generation will be needed. Therefore, the RESPOND project has identified and analysed a number of necessary response options to limit these costs and facilitate a higher share of renewables in the power system. Recommended are, e.g. increasing interconnection capacity, demand response, dispersion of variable generation, cheap storage options, deployment of more flexible generation, provision of more real time information to TSO and active network management at DSO level. All measures are able to increase market flexibility and/or network controllability of electricity systems in Europe.</p><p>However, many technical and institutional barriers and failures in market competition and regulation hinder the development and implementation of these response options by system participants. For example, support schemes do not take into account consequences of high RES-E and CHP shares for networks and balancing and consequently increase system costs. Similarly, incentives for better DSO network planning, taking into account active network management, as well as incentives for sufficient DSO investments are absent, limited or (partly) wrongly designed. </p><p>Therefore, an extensive and systematic overview of regulatory measures which facilitate an efficient integration of intermittent resources in the electricity system will be provided. Since RES shares and system characteristics (generation, demand, markets and networks) differ highly per EU country, country specific recommendations will be developed for Germany, Denmark, UK, Spain and the Netherlands. </p><p>However, since RES-shares develop gradually and not all recommendations can be implemented immediately, a time path for implementation is required for each country. Such a time path allows for a smooth and efficient power system transition from the current situation into a future state with high shares of intermittent type of generation.</p><p>Methods Since RES shares and system characteristics (generation, demand, markets and networks) differ highly per EU country, country specific roadmaps will be developed for Germany, Denmark, UK, Spain and the Netherlands. Recommendations regarding initiatives by stakeholders to realise these roadmaps will be part of the national roadmaps.</p><p>Based on the concept of technological roadmaps, regulatory roadmaps will be constructed. Results from related projects like Sustelnet, DG-GRID and SOLID-DER will be taken into account. A regulatory roadmap consists of five main steps:</p><p>1. define starting point (system characterisation, current market and network integration), 2. scenarios and background story line, 3. identify final status of market and network integration, 4. backcast regulatory steps and check robustness, 5. describe actions and responsibilities of actors involved.</p><p>Results The analysis will deliver detailed country-specific recommendations for regulatory measures to be implemented in different stages of market and network integration of DG/RES in a country. Stakeholders actions and responsibilities to realise these measures will be described as well. 2 Intelligent Well Technology: Status and Opportunities for Developing Marginal Reserves SPE</p><p>Within the road map scheme figure below different type of transition paths can be highlighted. In general the following holds: an increase in the penetration rate of intermittent DG/RES-E and an associated move to a larger market access for DG/RES-E should be accompanied by an increase in the stage of network integration over time. </p><p>Market integration</p><p>A. B. C.</p><p>Protected DG/RES-E in Active niche market the market DG/RES-E</p><p>Intermittent DG/RES-E Low Moderate High Penetration level</p><p>Self regulated I</p><p> n networks o i t Performance- a II</p><p> r based networks g e</p><p> t Enhanced </p><p> n III performance- i</p><p> based networks k</p><p> r Innovative o IV passive</p><p> w networks t</p><p> e Innovative </p><p>N V active networks Figure 1 Road map per country</p><p>Different market integration stages per country, of course, do not coincide with each other in calendar time. But generally the system measures today, just before 2020 and those beyond applicable are covered by the roadmaps.</p><p>Conclusions/Recommendations The analysis will present the highlights of country-specific recommendations for regulatory measures to be implemented up to 2020 by national policy makers and regulators. Recommendations are shaped on analysis of country-specific system indicators like flexibility of generation mix, concentration and location of intermittent resources, network characteristics, and potential for flexibility enhancing measures like interconnections, demand response and storage. Besides, the recommendations per country include the responsibilities and actions that stakeholders or system participants need to put in place. </p><p>References - EU projects Fenix, RESPOND, DG-GRID, IMPROGRES and SOLID-DER projects</p><p>- ERGEG and other literature</p>