Learning Platform - "Markets & Trading"

Course: Power markets – Market coupling

About the online training programme

Electricity markets in Europe were once largely isolated, each functioning within national borders with limited coordination. This fragmentation often led to inefficient outcomes – price disparities, suboptimal use of generation resources, and underutilised interconnections. Market coupling was introduced as a remedy, aiming to integrate national electricity markets in a way that better reflects the physical and economic realities of a connected grid.

Course Contents

This course covers the following video lessons:

  1. Overview of electricity markets
  2. Market design principles\
  3. What is market coupling?
  4. Cross-border trade & congestion management
  5. The evolution of European electricity market integration
  6. Flow-based market coupling in Central Western Europe
  7. Nordic & Baltic regional market integration
  8. Role of EPEX SPOT in European electricity markets
  9. Price coupling of regions
  10. Price convergence & welfare gains
  11. Market anomalies & limitations
  12. Towards a pan-European market
  13. Innovations & digitalisation in market coupling
  14. Policy & regulatory landscape
  15. The role & functioning of EUPHEMIA
  16. CACM & market coupling in the European electricity market
  17. Simulating market coupling
  18. Case study: The 2021 decoupling incident
  19. Case study: Market reaction during the 2022 Energy Crisis
  20. Case study: Effects of new interconnections – The North Sea Link

This course also includes examination and certification.

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