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In 2009, electricity demand was influenced by two conflicting drivers: the economic crisis, which strongly hit industrial power consumption and the cold winter temperatures, which increased electricity demand. The first factor more than offset the second one.
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Amended geographical perimeter (EU-27 but Malta and Cyprus + Norway and Switzerland), the reference used in this report
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SG Energy Pulse index tracks the electricity monthly consumption of a focus group comprising France, the UK, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, enmark, Spain and Poland (i.e. 60% of the EU-27 electricity consumption)
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Percentage of difference between theoretical generation capacity and peak load
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Percentage of difference between real generation capacity - which integrates non-usable and unavailable generation capacities - and peak load
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ENTSO-E, System Adequacy Forecast 2010-2025
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CERA: Economic turmoil puts Utilities under pressure, June 2009
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Lewiner, C. (2012). Competitive Power: Electricity Generation. In: Lewiner, C. (eds) European Energy Markets Observatory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2753-3_2
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