Electrifying Integration: Electricity Production and the South East Europe Regional Energy Market

Elizabeth Hooper and Andrei Medvedev
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Elizabeth Hooper: Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia

No 2008-06, Working Paper series, University of East Anglia, Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) from Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

Abstract: The paper provides an overview of the generation of electricity in ten countries in South East Europe during 1995–2004. Using the latest available statistics the potential of the nascent integration of the electricity markets in South East Europe is explored. We conduct a cross-country analysis of electricity production based on different types of fuel used. The region has a low level of gasification combined with few nuclear power generation facilities, while some countries heavily rely on hydro electric generation. Differences in countries' resource endowment and the possibility of intertemporaral substitution between electricity generated from various fuels could stimulate a regional trade in electricity. Such trade could displace a proportion of the required investment in the construction of generation facilities, as an alternative to nationally independent energy policies. Finally, we consider the environmental impact of electricity generation, and identify some of the key trade-offs between different policy objectives.

Keywords: Electricity; generation; ECSEE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L94 Q40 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-01-01
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