On the long-term merit order effect of renewable energies

W Antweiler, F Muesgens - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The merit order effect describes the lowering of the average wholesale electricity price due
to increased capacity of renewable energies. This effect has been observed in many places …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on electricity market design: Insights from theory and real-world implementations of capacity remuneration mechanisms

A Bublitz, D Keles, F Zimmermann, C Fraunholz… - Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, electricity markets have been characterized by a growing share of fluctuating
renewable energies, which has increased concerns about the security of electricity supply …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and generation investment in electricity markets: The effects of market splitting and network fee regimes

V Grimm, A Martin, M Schmidt, M Weibelzahl… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
We propose an equilibrium model that allows to analyze the long-run impact of the electricity
market design on transmission line expansion by the regulator and investment in generation …

Endogenous price zones and investment incentives in electricity markets: An application of multilevel optimization with graph partitioning

M Ambrosius, V Grimm, T Kleinert, F Liers, M Schmidt… - Energy Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
In the course of the energy transition, load and supply centers are growing apart in electricity
markets worldwide, rendering regional price signals even more important to provide …

A multilevel model of the European entry-exit gas market

V Grimm, L Schewe, M Schmidt, G Zöttl - Mathematical Methods of …, 2019 - Springer
In entry-exit gas markets as they are currently implemented in Europe, network constraints
do not affect market interaction beyond the technical capacities determined by the TSO that …

Optimal capacity mechanisms for competitive electricity markets

P Holmberg, RA Ritz - The Energy Journal, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Capacity mechanisms are increasingly used in electricity market design around the world
yet their role remains hotly debated. This paper introduces a new benchmark model of a …

Investment incentives and electricity spot market competition

V Grimm, G Zoettl - Journal of Economics & Management …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we analyze investment decisions of strategic firms that anticipate competition
on many consecutive spot markets with fluctuating (and possibly uncertain) demand. We …

Uniqueness of market equilibrium on a network: A peak-load pricing approach

V Grimm, L Schewe, M Schmidt, G Zöttl - European Journal of Operational …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper we establish conditions under which uniqueness of market equilibrium is
obtained in a setup where prior to trading of electricity, transmission capacities between …

The impact of neighboring markets on renewable locations, transmission expansion, and generation investment

J Egerer, V Grimm, T Kleinert, M Schmidt… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many long-term investment planning models for liberalized electricity markets either
optimize for the entire electricity system or focus on confined jurisdictions, abstracting from …

Identifying optimal capacity expansion and differentiated capacity payments under risk aversion and market power: A financial Stackelberg game approach

M Bichuch, BF Hobbs, X Song - Energy Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigate how capacity payments in combination with scarcity pricing of energy can
ensure resource adequacy in electricity markets, defined as the ability of supply and other …