Smart Balancing of Electrical Power in Germany: Fuzzy Logic Model to Simulate Market Response

Felix Röben, Hans Schäfers, Anna Meißner and Jerom de Haan
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Felix Röben: CC4E-Competence Center für Erneuerbare Energien und EnergieEffizienz, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, HAW Hamburg, Am Schleusengraben 24, 21029 Hamburg, Germany
Hans Schäfers: CC4E-Competence Center für Erneuerbare Energien und EnergieEffizienz, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, HAW Hamburg, Am Schleusengraben 24, 21029 Hamburg, Germany
Anna Meißner: Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology, Steindamm 94, 20099 Hamburg, Germany
Jerom de Haan: TenneT TSO, Bernecker Straße 70, 95448 Bayreuth, Germany

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-25

Abstract: Recent EU legislation enforces the integration of European balancing markets, with harmonized products and international platforms for the procurement and activation of reserves; nonetheless, different power balancing strategies remain. The Netherlands and Belgium encourage market participants to support balancing the control block by publishing real-time information. This article refers to such concepts as smart balancing, and a market simulation tool was developed to assess the relevant market parameters for effective smart balancing. This shall contribute to the true integration of real-time balancing energy markets. The scope of the assessment of relevant market parameters was Germany, and the results showed that a pricing scheme had less impact on the results, as currently is understood by European TSOs and regulators. Moreover, the accuracy and frequency of real-time publication indicate the effectiveness of smart balancing and the associated reduction of the activation of balancing energy and associated costs. Consequently, this article proposed a road map for Germany to introduce an adapted smart balancing approach, starting with a simple traffic light.

Keywords: energy market design; smart balancing; passive balancing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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