Electricity market design and renewable energy auctions: The case of Brazil

This paper presents the detailing and specifications throughout the process of contracts and auction design definition

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 September 2021
Country:
Brazil
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Infrastructure
Authors:
Tolmasquim, M. T.

Abstract

This paper presents the detailing and specifications throughout the process of contracts and auction design definition to integrate renewable energy sources (RES) into the electrical matrix, from the institutional and procedural side to policy implications of securing the revenue stream and addressing off-taker risk between the sellers and buyers of electricity sector.

This research is part of the Energy and Economic Growth (EGG) Programme.

Citation

Maurício T. Tolmasquim, Tiago de Barros Correia, Natália Addas Porto, Wikus Kruger, Electricity market design and renewable energy auctions: The case of Brazil, Energy Policy, Volume 158, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112558.

Electricity market design and renewable energy auctions: The case of Brazil

Published 1 September 2021
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