Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus
Germany has experienced rapid growth in its renewable electricity generation capacity in the past fifteen years. This development has been accompanied by a drop in wholesale electricity prices and significant net export surpluses. This situation has given rise to discussions in policy circles concer...
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| author | Samarth Kumar David Schönheit Matthew Schmidt Dominik Möst |
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| description | Germany has experienced rapid growth in its renewable electricity generation capacity in the past fifteen years. This development has been accompanied by a drop in wholesale electricity prices and significant net export surpluses. This situation has given rise to discussions in policy circles concerning the drivers behind these dynamics. The paper at hand empirically analyzes historical cross-border commercial flows (CBCF) of electricity from Germany by applying a Ridge Regression model to parse the effects of the growing shares of renewable energy capacity on the commercial electricity exchange between 2012 and 2016. In case of PV, the fraction of PV generation (marginal effect of PV on export) that is exported correlates positively with the level of PV generation. However, the marginal effect of wind on export is negatively correlated with the level of wind generation. A possible explanation for this finding as it relates to wind feed-in could involve the high degree to which the grid is constrained at times of high wind penetration. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22e76160784e4a6585852e8c2cc8560c2022-12-22T02:53:06ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-09-011218343410.3390/en12183434en12183434Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade SurplusSamarth Kumar0David Schönheit1Matthew Schmidt2Dominik Möst3Chair of Energy Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Münchner Platz 3, 01069 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Münchner Platz 3, 01069 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Münchner Platz 3, 01069 Dresden, GermanyChair of Energy Economics, Technische Universität Dresden, Münchner Platz 3, 01069 Dresden, GermanyGermany has experienced rapid growth in its renewable electricity generation capacity in the past fifteen years. This development has been accompanied by a drop in wholesale electricity prices and significant net export surpluses. This situation has given rise to discussions in policy circles concerning the drivers behind these dynamics. The paper at hand empirically analyzes historical cross-border commercial flows (CBCF) of electricity from Germany by applying a Ridge Regression model to parse the effects of the growing shares of renewable energy capacity on the commercial electricity exchange between 2012 and 2016. In case of PV, the fraction of PV generation (marginal effect of PV on export) that is exported correlates positively with the level of PV generation. However, the marginal effect of wind on export is negatively correlated with the level of wind generation. A possible explanation for this finding as it relates to wind feed-in could involve the high degree to which the grid is constrained at times of high wind penetration.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/18/3434commercial cross-border exchangerenewable generationelectricity prices |
| spellingShingle | Samarth Kumar David Schönheit Matthew Schmidt Dominik Möst Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus Energies commercial cross-border exchange renewable generation electricity prices |
| title | Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus |
| title_full | Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus |
| title_fullStr | Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus |
| title_short | Parsing the Effects of Wind and Solar Generation on the German Electricity Trade Surplus |
| title_sort | parsing the effects of wind and solar generation on the german electricity trade surplus |
| topic | commercial cross-border exchange renewable generation electricity prices |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/18/3434 |
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