European Electricity Market Profiles: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Introduction

With rapidly changing market dynamics caused by liberalisation, EU enlargement and environmental issues, a broad understanding of the European power markets is now more important than ever before. This report provides an excellent insight into the individual characteristics of Europe's power markets and their widely varying stages of market development, liberalisation and generation capabilities.

Scope

• This report provides an incisive overview of the key elements and structural conditions influencing each of the EU 25 power markets.
• Through an analysis of market fundamentals, infrastructure, national and regional legislation and supply/demand conditions,
• The report shows how the power markets within Europe are at widely varying stages of development and maturity.

Highlights

Each of the 25 markets is analysed with specific detail in the following areas: Market Summary An overview of the main trends and characteristics of each market Supply and Demand Balance A statistical analysis of supply sources combined with consumption by end use sector

Supply Overview A detailed analysis of indigenous production trends and trade flows Demand Overview An analysis of current and historical sectoral demand trends

Regulatory Structure An examination of key governmental, legal and political influences on the sector Infrastructure An overview of key generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure

Reasons to Purchase

• Obtain up-to-date, relevant and standardised information on Europe's electricity markets from a single source
• Gain a logical framework to monitor market developments and emerging trends, identify opportunities and plan strategies
• Save time tracking multiple information sources