International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool

Scandinavia, where countries have traded power for decades, has the world's most developed international market for electricity. Recently the trading system has changed dramatically, moving from the old model of cooperation among the leading v...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carlsson, Lennart
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BILATERAL CONTRACTS BORDER POWER FLOW DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY LEGISLATION ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY TRADE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONNECTIONS EXPORTS GAS GENERATION MARKET GENERATORS GRID GRID ACTIVITY GRID COMPANIES GRID COMPANY GRID OPERATORS GRIDS HEAT INTERNATIONAL POWER EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL POWER TRADE MONOPOLY UTILITY NUCLEAR POWER OIL COMPANIES POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER MARKETS POWER POOL POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEMS POWER TRADING POWER TRADING COMPANIES SPOT MARKET TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION ACTIVITIES TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS OLIGOPOLIES MARKET BASED MECHANISMS REGIONAL COOPERATION POOL FUTURES MARKETS ELECTRIC UTILITIES ECONOMIC COMPETITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/441513/international-power-trade-nordic-power-pool http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11498

id	okr-10986-11498
recordtype	oai_dc
spelling	okr-10986-114982021-06-14T11:02:58Z International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool Carlsson, Lennart BILATERAL CONTRACTS BORDER POWER FLOW DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY LEGISLATION ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY TRADE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONNECTIONS EXPORTS GAS GENERATION MARKET GENERATORS GRID GRID ACTIVITY GRID COMPANIES GRID COMPANY GRID OPERATORS GRIDS HEAT INTERNATIONAL POWER EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL POWER TRADE MONOPOLY UTILITY NUCLEAR POWER OIL COMPANIES POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER MARKETS POWER POOL POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEMS POWER TRADING POWER TRADING COMPANIES SPOT MARKET TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION ACTIVITIES TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS OLIGOPOLIES GRIDS MARKET BASED MECHANISMS REGIONAL COOPERATION POOL SPOT MARKET FUTURES MARKETS ELECTRIC UTILITIES ECONOMIC COMPETITION Scandinavia, where countries have traded power for decades, has the world's most developed international market for electricity. Recently the trading system has changed dramatically, moving from the old model of cooperation among the leading vertically integrated utilities in each country, under the Nordel agreement, to competitive market rules. Norway and Sweden established a common power market, Nord Pool, in 1996, and Finland joined in June 1998. This Note examines why Nord Pool came into being, what conditions facilitated its development, and what lessons it provides for World Bank client countries. 2012-08-13T15:13:58Z 2012-08-13T15:13:58Z 1999-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/441513/international-power-trade-nordic-power-pool http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11498 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 171 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Sweden Denmark Finland Norway
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Foreign Institution
institution	Digital Repositories
building	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection	World Bank
language	English
topic	BILATERAL CONTRACTS BORDER POWER FLOW DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY LEGISLATION ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY TRADE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONNECTIONS EXPORTS GAS GENERATION MARKET GENERATORS GRID GRID ACTIVITY GRID COMPANIES GRID COMPANY GRID OPERATORS GRIDS HEAT INTERNATIONAL POWER EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL POWER TRADE MONOPOLY UTILITY NUCLEAR POWER OIL COMPANIES POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER MARKETS POWER POOL POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEMS POWER TRADING POWER TRADING COMPANIES SPOT MARKET TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION ACTIVITIES TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS OLIGOPOLIES GRIDS MARKET BASED MECHANISMS REGIONAL COOPERATION POOL SPOT MARKET FUTURES MARKETS ELECTRIC UTILITIES ECONOMIC COMPETITION
spellingShingle	BILATERAL CONTRACTS BORDER POWER FLOW DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY LEGISLATION ENERGY MARKETS ENERGY TRADE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCONNECTIONS EXPORTS GAS GENERATION MARKET GENERATORS GRID GRID ACTIVITY GRID COMPANIES GRID COMPANY GRID OPERATORS GRIDS HEAT INTERNATIONAL POWER EXCHANGE INTERNATIONAL POWER TRADE MONOPOLY UTILITY NUCLEAR POWER OIL COMPANIES POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER MARKETS POWER POOL POWER SECTOR POWER SYSTEMS POWER TRADING POWER TRADING COMPANIES SPOT MARKET TRANSMISSION TRANSMISSION ACTIVITIES TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY TRADE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS OLIGOPOLIES GRIDS MARKET BASED MECHANISMS REGIONAL COOPERATION POOL SPOT MARKET FUTURES MARKETS ELECTRIC UTILITIES ECONOMIC COMPETITION Carlsson, Lennart International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Sweden Denmark Finland Norway
relation	Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 171
description	Scandinavia, where countries have traded power for decades, has the world's most developed international market for electricity. Recently the trading system has changed dramatically, moving from the old model of cooperation among the leading vertically integrated utilities in each country, under the Nordel agreement, to competitive market rules. Norway and Sweden established a common power market, Nord Pool, in 1996, and Finland joined in June 1998. This Note examines why Nord Pool came into being, what conditions facilitated its development, and what lessons it provides for World Bank client countries.
format	Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author	Carlsson, Lennart
author_facet	Carlsson, Lennart
author_sort	Carlsson, Lennart
title	International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
title_short	International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
title_full	International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
title_fullStr	International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
title_full_unstemmed	International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool
title_sort	international power trade : the nordic power pool
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/01/441513/international-power-trade-nordic-power-pool http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11498
_version_	1764416951987208192

International Power Trade : The Nordic Power Pool

Similar Items