Power Sector Profiles – Europe & CIS
The Power Sector is often treated as synonymous with the electrical utility industry but it is much larger than that. The Power Sector encompasses a wide range of entities which are engaged in the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity; not only electricity utilities but other types of utility, industrial companies, agricultural establishments, even household generators. The capital expenditure, markets for power equipment and the infrastructure itself are wide ranging and extend beyond the electrical utilities.
The infrastructure is enormous, with more than 6,228 GW of recorded installed globally in 2015 and annual demand in excess of 359 GW, 6 million km of transmission and 71 million km of distribution lines. This is analysed in detail, with forecasts of capacity, installed plant and annual demand for every country. Generating capacity by energy source and patterns of new purchase and replacement are mapped to 2020.
- EUROPE
- EUROPE
- EUROPE
- CIS
- EUROPEAN NETWORK SCHEME
- Albania
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- OLD PLANT
- THE MARKET
- Austria
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Belgium
- GENERATION
- JURISDICTION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Bulgaria
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Croatia
- GENERATION
- Cyprus
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
- Czech Republic
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- POWER GRID CONTROL
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- MARKET
- Denmark
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Estonia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Finland
- TRANSMISSION
- TSO
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- France
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- INTERLINKS
- DISTRIBUTION
- Germany
- GENERATION
- GERMAN POWER SYSTEM
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Greece
- GENERATION
- TSO
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Hungary
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Iceland
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Ireland
- GENERATION
- ESB owns or controls the output of the vast majority of generation plants.
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Italy
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- TSO
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY
- Latvia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Lithuania
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Malta
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Netherlands
- TSO
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY
- POWER EXCHANGE
- Norway
- GENERATION
- TSO
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
- Poland
- GENERATION
- TSO
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Portugal
- GENERATION
- REGULATION
- SUPPLY
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Romania
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- DISTRIBUTION
- Serbia Montenegro
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Slovakia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Slovenia
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Spain
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS
- SUPPLY
- INTEGRATED IBERIAN ELECTRICITY MARKET
- Sweden
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Switzerland
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- DEREGULATION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Turkey
- TRANSMISSION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- DISTRIBUTION
- United Kingdom
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY
- CIS
- Armenia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Azerbaijan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Belarus
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- SUPPLY
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Georgia
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISPATCH
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Kazakhstan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY
- INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICITY TRADE
- Kyrghizstan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICITY TRADE
- Moldova
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Russia
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE RUSSIAN ESI
- RESTRUCTURING OF THE RUSSIAN ESI
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY
- THE WESTERN POWER SYSTEM
- THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST RFE
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- PAN RUSSIAN TRADING IN ELECTRICITY ON THE WHOLESALE MARKET
- Tajikistan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Turkmenistan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- Ukraine
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKET: STATE ENTERPRISE ENERGORYNOK
- INTERCONNECTIONS
- Uzbekistan
- GENERATION
- TRANSMISSION
- DISTRIBUTION
- SUPPLY AND REGULATION
- Figures
- Figure 1: Typical network structure in European countries
- Figure 2: Albanian transmission network
- Figure 3: Austrian high voltage transmission network
- Figure 4: Belgian high voltage transmission network
- Figure 5: Distribution areas in Belgium
- Figure 6: Bosnia Herzegovina transmission networks and interconnections
- Figure 7: Bulgarian transmission network
- Figure 8: Croatian transmission network
- Figure 9: Cyprus transmission network
- Figure 10: Czech transmission network
- Figure 11: Danish transmission system
- Figure 12: Estonian transmission network
- Figure 13: Finland high voltage transmission network
- Figure 14: French transmission network of 225 kV and 400 kV lines
- Figure 15: Market capitalisation of seleced European utilities
- Figure 16: The German high voltage interconnected power system (220 kV and 380 kV)
- Figure 17: Control areas in Germany
- Figure 18: Greek transmission network
- Figure 19: Hungarian transmission network
- Figure 20: Iceland transmission network
- Figure 21: Irish transmission network
- Figure 22: Italian 380 kV transmission network
- Figure 23: 220 kV transmission network
- Figure 24: Latvia network
- Figure 25: Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian connections with Russia and Belarus
- Figure 26: Lithuanian transmission network
- Figure 27: Macedonian transmission network
- Figure 28: Maltese transmission network
- Figure 29: Netherlands transmission network
- Figure 30: Norway transmission network
- Figure 31: Polish transmission network
- Figure 32: Polish distribution company areas
- Figure 33: Portuguese transmission network
- Figure 34: Romanian transmission network
- Figure 35: Romanian distribution areas
- Figure 36: Serbia and Montenegro transmission network, including Kosovo
- Figure 37: Montenegro transmission network
- Figure 38: Slovak transmission network
- Figure 39: Slovenian transmission network
- Figure 40: Spanish transmission network
- Figure 41: Swedish transmission grid
- Figure 42: Swiss TSO control areas
- Figure 43: Swiss transmission network
- Figure 44: Turkish transmission network
- Figure 45: Turkey’s electricity distribution companies and areas
- Figure 46: UK transmission network
- Figure 47: 14 DNOs in the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland)
- Figure 48: Distribution companies in the United Kingdom
- Figure 49: Armenian transmission network
- Figure 50: Main generators & interconnections between Armenia/neighbouring countries
- Figure 51: Azerbaijan's Transmission network
- Figure 52: Belarus transmission network
- Figure 53: The backbone of the Georgian Power System
- Figure 54: Power network of Georgia
- Figure 55: The networks and interconnecton s of th e”Stans”
- Figure 56: Kazakhstan transmission network
- Figure 57: Kyrgyzstan transmission network
- Figure 58: Moldova transmission and distribution networks
- Figure 59: Locations of TGKs, power plants of OGKs, nuclear generation company, territories served by TGCs (denoted 2-5) and remote territories (1, 6-8).
- Figure 60: The structure of MRSK Holding IDGC Holding at the end of 2011
- Figure 61: Territorial distribution of 12 MRSKs, grids < 110 kV plus MRSK for RFE
- Figure 62: Regional presence of Russian electricity distribution companies
- Figure 63: The Russian Far East, RFE electricity network
- Figure 64: Price and non-price zones.
- Figure 65: Ukraine transmission network
- Figure 66: Uzbekistan transmission network
- Tables
- Table 1: Installed capacity analysed by country and fuel used in Europe, MW, 2016
- Table 2: Line lengths for transmission and distribution by country in Europe, with transmission voltage, 2016
- Table 3: Installed capacity analysed by country and fuel used in CIS, MW, 2016
- Table 4: Line lengths for transmission & distribution by country in CIS, with transmission voltage, 2016
- Table 5: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Albania
- Table 6: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Austria
- Table 7: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Belgium
- Table 8: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Bosnia Herzegovina
- Table 9: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Bulgaria
- Table 10: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Croatia
- Table 11: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Cyprus
- Table 12: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Czech Republic
- Table 13: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Denmark
- Table 14: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Estonia
- Table 15: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Finland
- Table 16: ESI Characteristics 2015 in France
- Table 17: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Germany
- Table 18: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Greece
- Table 19: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Hungary
- Table 20: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Iceland
- Table 21: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Ireland
- Table 22: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Italy
- Table 23: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Latvia
- Table 24: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Lithuania
- Table 25: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Luxembourg
- Table 26: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Macedonai
- Table 27: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Malta
- Table 28: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Netherlands
- Table 29: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Norway
- Table 30: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Poland
- Table 31: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Portugal
- Table 32: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Romania
- Table 33: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Serbia Montenegro
- Table 34: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Slovakia
- Table 35: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Slovenia
- Table 36: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Spain
- Table 37: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Sweden
- Table 38: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Switzerland
- Table 39: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Turkey
- Table 40: ESI Characteristics 2015 in the United Kingdom
- Table 41: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Armenia
- Table 42: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Azerbaijan
- Table 43: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Belarus
- Table 44: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Georgia
- Table 45: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Kazakhstan
- Table 46: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Kyrghizhstan
- Table 47: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Moldova
- Table 48: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Russia
- Table 49: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Tajikistan
- Table 50: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Turkmenistan
- Table 51: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Ukraine
- Table 52: ESI Characteristics 2015 in Uzbekistan