Flexibility, Energy Storage and Demand Side Response

March 16, 2023, 9:00 - 13:00 CET

The online workshop will discuss the UK and Hungarian experiences, innovation activities and regulatory frameworks related to flexibility, energy storage and demand side response.

Small scale district heating with renewable energy sources - Experiences of Hungarian municipalities

9:00 - 12:00 CET, REKK Workshop

How to get started on the path towards community heating based on renewable energy sources? At our event, we will present successful, completed projects and talk to experts in planning, construction and operation.

Gas market trends in 2022

In the past year, Europe's natural gas markets have been turned upside down.What can Europe and Hungary do to ensure that households, industry and our power plants have access to affordable energy in the long term?

Gas phase-out - A blessing or threat for decarbonisation

September 13, 2022, Regional Energy Policy Forum, 9:30 - 16:00 CET

The war on Ukraine has accelerated the need to replace Russian fossil gas in Europe, but is a sudden phase-out helpful or threatening to decarbonization goals?

Gas pipeline entry fee instead of a price cap to manage the energy crisis

Proposal to manage the current EU energy market crisis in a fair and market compatible manner by introducing a ‘skimming mechanism’ in the form of a fee added to the current regulated cross-border gas entry tariff for pipeline gas suppliers to the EU

Jointly with Zero Carbon Hub, our experts formulated an opinion brief to the upcoming Energy Council of September 9, to manage the current EU energy market crisis in a fair and market compatible manner.

A modelling-based assessment of EU supported natural gas projects of common interest

Energy Policy volume 166 (2022)

Adrien Selei and Borbála Takácsné Tóth published their analysis in Energy Policy.

Is border carbon adjustment the right tool for the power sector?

Climate Policy

Zsuzsanna Pató, András Mezősi and László Szabó published in Climate Policy.

Multiobjective and social cost-benefit optimisation for a sustainable hydrogen supply chain

Applied Energy Volume 325

Viktor Rácz and collegues published in Applied Energy.

Accounts Simulation for Tariffs and Effluent Charges - our model to support water utilities' economic decisions

An integrated view on the uses, the infrastructure, the resource and the watershed.

Our electricity market model covers 28 countries and simulates the generation of 3000 power plants. It allows infrastructure investment evaluation and price forecasts.

Our gas market model can be applied for evaluating infrastructure investment, analysing crisis situations and impact assessment of regulatory changes.

Research fields

Electricity markets

We cover wholesale electricity market regulation and market research, network issues and analyses for large consumers in our studies.

Natural gas markets

Our natural gas market analyses focus on network issues. We offer advice for the entire gas supply chain, regulatory authorities and consumers.

District heating markets

Our heat market activity targets mainly the district heating generators, supplyers and regulation.

Water economics

Our work focuses on the economic aspects of water utilities, river basin management and flood risk with a comprehensive approach on water uses along the water cycle.

Renewable energy

The spread, support and long term effects of renewables is a central topic of our research.

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A global outreach

Our training activities cover the whole world: since 2004, more than 2000 energy experts from nearly 100 countries attended to our courses.

ERRA Courses

We provide one-week long intensive education courses and e-learning trainings since 2004 for the regulators of the ERRA countries covering various areas of the energy sector.

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Energy Market Economics Course

The aim of the course is to prepare the executives and chief executives of energy companies to the global economic and environmental challenges.

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Other Courses

We offer unique 2-3 day or one week long intensive trainings for companies, regulators and other organisations, tailored for the specific needs.

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