Anette Boom får Otto Mønsted bevilling til forskningsophold ved Cambridge

CBS Økonomisk Institut lektor Anette Boom har fået en Otto Mønsted bevilling på 50.000 kr. til et forskningsophold ved University of Cambridge, hvor hun skal arbejde sammen med sin vært, professor David Newbery.

Baggrunden for opholdet er følgende (på engelsk):

They both have a long standing interest in electricity markets. Boom’s research project focuses on the regulation and market design of electricity markets. She will be looking at the effects of specific capacity mechanisms on electricity prices, security of supply, and social welfare. These mechanisms have lately gained popularity in Europe because national regulators fear that subsidized entry of renewable energy makes traditional electricity providers unprofitable. To prevent closures of traditional electricity providers, Great Britain introduced a capacity market, fully effective in 2018, whereas Denmark implemented in 2015 for the first time a strategic reserve. How these mechanisms change the market outcomes, how much they cost the consumers compared to the created extra reliability of electricity provision, and how these national initiatives harm neighboring countries and the achievement of a common European electricity market, are still open questions that Anette Boom’s project tries to address.