aFRR - Capacity and Energy Market

The Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve (aFRR) is utilized to reduce the reliance on Frequency Containment Reserves.

aFRR
Capacity MarketGate-Opening-Time: 10 o'clock, d-7; Gate-Closure-Time: 9 o'clock, d-1; Product length: 4 hours
Energy MarketGate-opening-Time: approx. 12 o'clock, d-1; Gate-Closure-Time: t-25; Product length: 15 minutes
Core ShareCountries provide the core share and cross-border capacities, no core share within Germany
Minimum offer capacity1 MW
Maximum offer capacityTBD
PoolingPossible inside control area
Indivisible offerIndivisible offer not possible
CompensationCapacity price or energy price
ActivationAutomatic activation through TSO
Activation periodFull activation within 5 minutes
Period to be covered per incident5 minutes
BackupTBD
Symmetrical/AsymmetricalAsymmetrical
DeadbandTBD