The central question of this project will focus the role of renewable energy and natural gas in the context of the eighth EU regional market and the conformity of evolution of the strategic planning of the Albanian legal framework. The outlook scenery is foggy due to the strong regional interaction with devise towards a society based on renewable energy and the correlation of the energy complementary relationship infrastructure between electricity and natural gas.
The liberalized electricity markets open many new opportunities, but also present a number of challenges, the understanding of which is of absolutely priority. Indeed, the well settle of market design and competition need consideration of the broaden context, compressed challenges on energy security and climate change. Therefore, the first focus of investigation regard the framework of the EU policies and the main models of references of the design market, as well as the experience express in the main development of market.
The goal, which take advantage in this project from previous achievement (doctoral research), regard Albanian objectives of liberalization set by EU Directives. The innovative perspective of which will consist in the fostering a shared judgment in the degree of implementation and the necessary correction bringing to the model. Particular aims will provide the comprehensive analysis of the design of electricity and gas markets to their interaction. The analysis of the impact of renewable energy on a large variables scale on gas and energy industries and the provider of the necessary recommendations on how to facilitate their integration.
The research will focus on the design to stimulate the removal of barriers to competition, the design of strategies to mitigate the power positions, the investment in efficient balance of the wholesale market and the generation of renewable energy. The evolution role of regulator and the competition policy in liberalized markets as the retail competition and its impact on consumers. The restructuring reform of the industry in the design of commercial terms and conditions. Therefore, with a focus that go well beyond the national boundaries and cover all the abroad debates expressed in the EU.
The all-compressive ambition of which see the improve of the liberalization of electricity markets with the facilitating of the exchange knowledge between the industry, researchers and the authorities. Target that facilitate the establishment of basic support in the development of market instruments and regulatory frameworks necessary to ensure reliable supply with the lower cost. The oriented of which can bring to assisting of the operational and decision-making processes to the full realization of the paradigm of efficiency competition, in compliance the all-inclusive general economic interest.
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