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The FCR cooperation reaches the next milestone in the development of the largest FCR market in Europe

The daily D-1 auctions for FCR with 4-hour products started successfully.

50Hertz, Amprion, APG, Elia, RTE, Swissgrid, TenneT, TransnetBW announce the successful first frequency containment reserve (FCR) auction with 4-hour products held on the 30th of June 2020 for the delivery period of the 1st of July 2020. In addition to reducing the product length from one day to 4 hours, the FCR Cooperation brings the FCR market closer to real time.

This common FCR market is the largest FCR market in Europe, with a total demand of about 1,400 MW, which is almost half of the continental Europe FCR demand. The joining of West Denmark and Slovenia is also scheduled for the first quarter of 2021.

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