The European power market is based on bidding zones in which the power price is uniform. It relies on the hypothesis that no congestion is linked to exchanges within bidding zones. Initially, most bidding zones were defined along national boundaries, in line with the historical development of the European grid with strong national grids and weak interconnections. However, the grid has evolved with internal congestions appearing because of the location of renewable energy and with reinforced interconnections. As a result, a review of bidding zone has been conducted and is likely to propose the splitting of some zones that show heavy internal connections.
The intern will assess the impact of the most likely zone splitting. For this purpose, using PowSyBl, the intern will perform the grid computation needed to generate the Flow-Based domain of the core region with the original zones and the split zones. This domain limits the possible exchanges between zones. The intern will then use Artelys Crystal Super Grid to assess the effect on prices and welfare distribution on each bidding zone.
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