mFRR - Capacity and Energy Market

The manual Frequency Restoration Reserve covers bigger system imbalances. It is requested manually by the TSO and should decrease the need for automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve.

mFRR
Capacity MarketGate-Opening-Time: 10 o'clock, d-7; Gate-Closure-Time: 10 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 possible
CompensationCapacity price or energy price
ActivationAutomatic activation through TSO
Activation periodFull activation within 15 minutes
Period to be covered per incidentTBD
BackupBackup possible
Symmetrical/AsymmetricalAsymmetrical
DeadbandTBD