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Explore in-depth market insights across the relevant markets for German batteries
Analyse the long-term development of the FCR auction on a daily or more aggregate level by regarding rolling averages, and how it compares to previous years.
Analyse which times of the day are usually the cheapest and how much fluctuations there are across days. The changes we display are always in comparison to the daily average price.
Analyse what the FCR prices depend on. Are there dependencies to different generation types?
The Market
The frequency containment reserve is the primary ancillary service in the German market. In FCR, players have to automatically react to grid frequency deviations outside the deadband (49.99-50.01Hz) measures at their location. Most importantly:
- Each day is split into six EFA blocks, each of which is 4h long
- There is a daily auction at 8am for the following day
- The minimal bid size is 1MW
- The market is pay-as-cleared meaning that all market participants will be receiving the market clearing price
- The market is symmetric, meaning that market players have to react to both negative and positive frequency deviations.
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