7th Capacity Mechanisms Forum

Key facts

Date: 17 — 18 October, 2024

Place: Prague

Conference Overview

The 7th Capacity Mechanisms Forum, will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from October 17th to 18th, 2024, focuses on ensuring adequate security of electricity supply during crises. The summit includes discussions on intraday capacity calculation amendments, the impact of state aid on electricity supply security, upcoming market design reforms, the role of mechanisms in new market designs, reliability options, the influence of capacity mechanisms on energy markets, the evolution of capacity markets, capacity mechanisms in renewable-dominated systems, and forward-looking considerations towards 2030. It features insights from experts across the energy sector.

If properly designed, Capacity Mechanisms will help to solve distortion of competition, deliver energy security and guarantee such stable delivery for the future. Capacity Mechanisms can help companies to adapt to new market reality and improve return on their investment.

Key topics

European regulations on Capacity Payments – Latest case practice. Future challenges
State Aid and how these are changing – report following the electricity regulation and proposals for streamlining
Security of supply monitoring – developing the European Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) and new flexibility methodology
Future Planning and Designing of the Capacity Market
Need for mechanisms to support Flexibility or Capacity
A look at some markets with high penetration of Renewables
Changes in the capacity needs of some markets including flexibility and long duration storage
Cross Border participation in Capacity Mechanisms – Should we move from a physical to a simpler financial approach?
Aligning security of supply and decarbonization targets
Markets considering introducing or changing Capacity Mechanisms (Germany, France, Greece, Baltics, Sweden)
Markets considering alternatives or complements to Capacity Mechanisms – developing balancing capacity and also Ancillary services
Updates on the German Market Design – Powerplant strategy and their plans for security of supply
Current discussions in the UK about reform of CM to better align with decarbonization
Outcomes of market reform discussions and future plans for capacity and flexibility in the UK
France’s example on moving from a decentral to central Capacity Mechanism
Poland’s plan for security of supply and transitioning out of coal