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4 — IMPORTS
1 — INTRODUCTION
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2 — GENERAL QUESTIONS
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– What is the “structural block”? – What is the “non-structural block”? – Which technologies could fill the “structural block”? – Why is the “structural block” considered to have 100% availability? – How have the announced power-plant shutdowns been taken into account?
3 — ASSUMPTIONS – What are the underlying assumptions of the “Base case”? – How can it be ensured that the assumptions considered in the “Base case” will actually occur? – Why assume that biomass will account for an extra 600 MW of capacity in Belgium by 2021? – Why is the growth in demand 0% in the “Base case”? – What does the 1,100 MW volume of market-response includes? – How did the study take into account the development in batteries?
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– Is a commercial import capacity of 6,500 MW by 2021 a reasonable estimate? – Will the energy be available during a cold spell affecting several countries at the same time? – Why consider in the “Base case” that the neighbouring countries will be adequate for the timeframe 2027? – Why do we observe that 50% of Belgian consumption will be imported in 2027 in the “Base case” scenario? – What can be done to limit Belgium's net import balance after the nuclear "phase-out"? – What are the drivers for the development of interconnectors?
5 — RESULTS – Was the low number of “operating hours” of CCGT gas-fired power plants in the various scenarios investigated? – What is the difference between the “operating hours” of the “structural block” and the “operating hours” of a power plant? – Why aren't CCGT gas-fired power plants always cost-effective in the various scenarios investigated? – Is the strategic reserve still necessary?
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