ATLAS: A Model of Short-term European Electricity Market Processes under Uncertainty -- Balancing Modules

TL;DR

The paper introduces the ATLAS model, which simulates European electricity market processes from day-ahead to real-time, capturing uncertainties, actor behaviors, and technical constraints to analyze market balancing.

Contribution

It presents a detailed simulation framework for European electricity markets, focusing on balancing modules and the impact of imperfect coordination and forecast errors.

Findings

Effective modeling of market balancing processes

Insights into the impact of forecast errors on system stability

Detailed representation of technical constraints

Abstract

The ATLAS model simulates the various stages of the electricity market chain in Europe, including the formulation of offers by different market actors, the coupling of European markets, strategic optimization of production portfolios and, finally, real-time system balancing processes. ATLAS was designed to simulate the various electricity markets and processes that occur from the day ahead timeframe to real-time with a high level of detail. Its main aim is to capture impacts from imperfect actor coordination, evolving forecast errors and a high-level of technical constraints -- both regarding different production units and the different market constraints. This working paper describes the simulated balancing processes in detail and is the second part of the ATLAS documentation.