The Role of Hydropower on Energy Market: A Comparative Study in Four EU Countries
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Vol.1442: Revamping Hydropower Research 2025
Marina Čerpinska, Rahman Nurković, Domenico Filannino, Alban Kuriqi, David Finger, Egidijus Kasiulis, Eduard Doujak

The development of energy prices over time has depended on several factors. Difficulties and disruptions in local and global energy markets caused by climate change, pandemics and wars have accelerated the transition to clean energy. The overview of electricity generation in four countries (e.g. Lithuania, Italy, Iceland and Austria) is examined. The energy policy outlined in the REPowerEU program focuses on saving energy, producing clean energy and diversifying the energy supply at EU level and in the member states. However, more electricity production from non-dispatchable renewable energy sources has introduced a phenomenon of negative electricity prices, highlighting importance of energy storage. This paper focuses on the contribution that hydropower can bring to the energy market. Two contributions of hydropower assets are crucial in the European energy market for the regulation of the power grid. The flexibility and storage capabilities of reservoir and pumped storage power plants are unmatched by any other technology. These contributions of the hydropower sector to the energy market and the new challenges in the operation of hydropower plants are discussed involving critical analysis of four countries.


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DOI
10.1088/1755-1315/1442/1/012001
Hyperlink
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1442/1/012001/pdf

Čerpinska, M., Nurković, R., Filannino, D., Kuriqi, A., Finger, D., Kasiulis, E., Doujak, E. The Role of Hydropower on Energy Market: A Comparative Study in Four EU Countries. No: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Vol.1442: Revamping Hydropower Research, Beļģija, Brussels, 24.-24. septembris, 2024. Bristol: IOP Publishing, 2025, Article number 012001. ISSN 1755-1315. Pieejams: doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1442/1/012001

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English (en)
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