The disturbance in the electricity grid in Continental Europe last year showed how well pan-European collaboration can work.
Due to overload, Southeast Europe had too much energy, and Northwest Europe did not have enough. The situation was brought under control within half a minute and one hour later, the system was back to normal.
Thanks to the Nordic RCC, even more electricity will be transmitted between the Nordic countries without compromising on safety.
The power system vision will be completed in the autumn. The network vision’s scenarios for the future foresee dramatic changes in the current power system and clarifies the energy sector’s overall status in the energy revolution.
Our questions about European electricity market integration were answered by Laurent Schmitt, Secretary-General of ENTSO-E.
Everyone is talking about the electricity market transformation, but how will renewal affect the consumer? Päivi Suur-Uski is an energy efficiency expert from Motiva, and she answered our questions. Motiva Oy is a Finnish state-owned company that provides expert services to promote resource efficiency.
Christian Zinglersen is the new Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). Taking office in January 2020, Zinglersen is motivated by the impact ACER makes in people’s lives.
Henna Virkkunen, a member of the European Parliament, believes that a diverse, market-based energy system is the most effective operating model for Europe’s sustainable growth economy. Investment subsidies for new energy sources are justified in the early phases of production, but over the long term, societally-funded energy needs to establish a competitive position in the market through demand.
The centralised information exchange system for the electricity retail market, known as Datahub, will go live on 21 February 2022. On the same date, Fingrid Datahub Oy’s operational customer service team will start working.
Fingrid’s Datahub stores customer, metering, and accounting point information in one place. Datahub is a quick, efficient, and easy centralised information exchange system for the electricity retail market. The information collated by Datahub is up to date, secure, and easy to trace. Datahub is part of Fingrid’s smart, clean, and safe energy system.
Preparations for the introduction of the single price-single imbalance model were going on for long time in Finland and the other Nordic countries. Marja Eronen, Senior Expert, has been responsible for Nordic cooperation in the project, and Jani Piipponen, Balance Services Manager, is responsible for the deployment of the model in Finland.
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