Grid capacity & congestionGOPACS bidding
GOPACS is the platform the Dutch grid operators share to call on flexible capacity. Two routes run through it: activation of capacity limiting contracts, day ahead, and redispatch bids, intraday. What you place there depends on which of the two you hold.
Access to the congestion market, without running a desk
Below is an illustrative day of GOPACS clearing prices against a placed bid: the two moments it cleared and the flexibility was activated. This is the intraday route, one of the two that run through the platform.
Picture flexibility that is real but has nowhere to go without someone placing bids, watching the market and settling the results. GOPACS is the platform the Dutch grid operators share, and what you place there depends on which of the two routes you hold: a capacity limiting contract, activated day ahead, or redispatch bids, placed intraday.
08:00 clears the bid
The clearing price crosses € 85, the bid activates, and the flexibility is delivered within the agreed window.
18:00 clears it again
The same bid, still standing, catches a second congestion event later the same day.
From question to execution
- 01
We determine the flexibility and the price levels for your bids.
- 02
We place the bids on GOPACS and monitor the market.
- 03
When activated, our platform steers your installations.
- 04
We settle the compensation and report what was earned.
This is what changes for you
- Access to the congestion market without your own trading desk
- Bids and activations handled end to end
- Insight into what your flexibility earns
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