In this episode we talk about the institutional set-up of the electricity market in Germany and the European Union. We explain the different options for buying and selling electricity, how prices are computed, and how an increase in renewable energies might change the market design in the future.

Main References

Agora Energiewende. (2019). Liberalisation of electricity markets in Germany. Agora Energiewende. https://www.agora-energiewende.org/fileadmin/Projekte/2019/Liberalisation_Power_Market/Liberalisation_Electricity_Markets_Germany_V1-0.pdf

Bundesnetzagentur. (2025). Monitoring report 2025. Bundesnetzagentur. https://data.bundesnetzagentur.de/Bundesnetzagentur/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Areas/ElectricityGas/CollectionCompanySpecificData/Monitoring/MonitoringReport2025.pdf

Bundesnetzagentur. (n.d.). SMARD – Strommarktdaten für Deutschland. https://www.smard.de/en

Meyer, T. (2025). Strom: Über Nostalgie, Zukunft und warum der Markt längst entschieden hat. BoD – Books on Demand.

Additional references

Electricity Maps. (n.d.). Live electricity map [Interaktive Karte]. Abgerufen am 17. Juni 2026 von https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/fifteen_minute

EPEX SPOT. (2019). EUPHEMIA public description: Single price coupling algorithm. https://www.epexspot.com/sites/default/files/2020-02/Euphemia_Public%20Description_Single%20Price%20Coupling%20Algorithm_190410.pdf

FLOSM. (n.d.). Stromnetze mit Umspannwerken und detaillierter Infrastruktur [Interaktive Karte]. https://www.flosm.org/de/Stromnetz.html

Kopernikus Projekt (2025). A cost-efficient energy transition: Scenarios for climate neutrality 2045 – Summary. Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne. https://doi.org/10.48485/pik.2025.016