Analyzing electricity market efficiency and impacts of renewable electricity

Anahita Farsaei

Analyzing electricity market efficiency and impacts of renewable electricity

Julkaisun otsikon käännös: Sähkömarkkinoiden tehokkuus ja uusiutuvan sähköntuotannon vaikutukset

Anahita Farsaei

Energia- ja konetekniikan laitos

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EU:n tavoitteena on olla ilmastoneutraali vuoteen 2050 mennessä. Kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen nollataso edellyttää toimia kaikilla talouden aloilla, mukaan lukien sähkömarkkinat. Sähkömarkkinat ovat siirtymässä nopeasti uusiutuvan energian käyttöön erityisesti Pohjoismaissa. Vaikka uusiutuvan energian lisääntyvä määrä tasoittaa tietä ilmastonmuutoksen hillitsemiselle, sen vaikutusta markkinoiden tehokkuuteen on tutkittava. Lisäksi yhteen liitetyillä monikansallisilla sähkömarkkinoilla yhden maan paikalliset energiapolitiikan toimet voivat vaikuttaa muihin maihin. Tässä opinnäytetyössä tarkastellaan näitä mahdollisia vaikutuksia. Tässä väitöskirjassa analysoidaan markkinavoimapotentiaalia Iranin sähkömarkkinoilla sekä Suomessa ja Baltian maissa. Uutta Lerner-indeksiä ehdotetaan tarjoushinta-huutokauppaan. Lerner-indeksiä ja HHI-indeksiä käytetään Suomen ja Baltian tilanteiden analysointiin. Lisäksi tässä työssä tutkitaan Suomen ja Ruotsin kansallisten energiasektorin politiikkatoimien vaikutuksia naapurimaihin. Suomi on saattanut voimaan lain kivihiilen energiakäytöstä luopumisesta vuoteen 2029 mennessä. Ruotsissa käydään parhaillaan keskustelua ydinvoimasta. Tässä työssä ehdotetaan eri skenaarioita analysoimaan näiden politiikkatoimien vaikutusta sähkön keskihintaan, hiilidioksidipäästöihin, sähköjärjestelmäkustannuksiin ja sähkökauppaan Suomessa, Ruotsissa ja Baltian maissa. Tätä tarkoitusta varten Enerallt- ja REX-malleilla on mallinnettu lyhyen ja pitkän aikavälin tulevaisuutta alhaisilla CO2-päästöillä. Lyhyellä aikavälillä kivihiili ja turve korvataan Suomessa biomassalla, kun taas vuodelle 2050 tuulivoimaa käytetään yhä enemmän. Myös maiden välisen voimansiirron laajentamista tarkastellaan vuoden 2050 skenaarioissa. Tulokset osoittavat, että Iranissa markkinavoimapotentiaali kasvaa kulutuksen päivittäisten huipputuntien ulkopuolella. Suomessa HHI- ja Lerner-indeksien arvot osoittavat, että tuulivoiman lisääminen sähkömarkkinoilla johtaa useimmiten pienempään markkinavoimapotentiaaliin. Baltian maiden markkinat ovat kuitenkin erittäin keskittyneet huolimatta tuulivoiman merkittävästä saapumisesta sähkömarkkinoille. Paikallisten politiikkatoimien vaikutusten analysointi yhteenliitetyillä markkinoilla naapurimaissa osoittaa, että kansallisen tason politiikalla on vaikutusta laajemmille alueille. Lyhyellä aikavälillä kivihiilen käytön lopettaminen Suomessa voi johtaa sähkön tuonnin lisääntymiseen pohjoismaiselta markkina-alueelta ja jopa sen ulkopuolelta, pääosin hiilidioksidi-intensiivisiltä alueilta. Tässä tilanteessa tutkituista maista vain Suomen CO2-päästöt vähenevät, kun taas muissa alueen maissa päästöt kasvavat hieman. Toisaalta pitkän aikavälin siirtyminen erittäin alhaisiin hiilidioksidipäästöihin sähköntuotannosta voi hyödyttää Baltian maita. Kansainvälisen siirtoverkon vahvistaminen vuoteen 2050 mennessä voi tarjota Baltian maille mahdollisuuden sähkön parempaan omavaraisuuteen ja sähkön viennin lisäämiseen. Tämä vaatii kuitenkin merkittäviä uusia investointeja tuulivoimakapasiteettiin.

Julkaisun otsikon käännös	Sähkömarkkinoiden tehokkuus ja uusiutuvan sähköntuotannon vaikutukset
Alkuperäiskieli	Englanti
Pätevyys	Tohtorintutkinto
Myöntävä instituutio	Aalto-yliopisto
Valvoja/neuvonantaja	Syri, Sanna, Vastuuprofessori Syri, Sanna, Ohjaaja
Kustantaja	Aalto University
Painoksen ISBN	978-952-64-1026-5
Sähköinen ISBN	978-952-64-1027-2
Tila	Julkaistu - 2022
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	G5 Artikkeliväitöskirja

Tutkimusalat

sähkömarkkinoiden mallinnus
markkinavoima
Lerner-indeksi
sähkökauppa
energiapolitiikka
tuulivoima

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Analyzing electricity market efficiency and impacts of renewable electricity

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