Between Brexit and ENTSO-e: UK, EU and Türkiye energy equation

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Türkiye stands in a strong position regarding integration with Europe in the electricity market. Observer membership with ENTSO-e and the long-term synchronization agreement provide Türkiye with a solid basis of alignment in commercial capacity allocation with Europe and enable the system to operate based on common standards with the European internal energy market. In this way, supply-demand balance, capacity allocation, and market planning can be carried out in coordination with Europe.

The U.K., on the other hand, left the EU’s internal energy market mechanisms after Brexit, and trade has become subject to a less integrated and relatively more costly regime.

The differences in the relationship of Türkiye and the U.K. with European electricity markets are the result of their energy market integration strategies. While Türkiye has adopted a model that maintains legal and technical harmonization processes with the EU and carries out coordinated capacity allocation with ENTSO-e, the U.K. withdrew from these joint mechanisms after Brexit and transformed its trade structure into a more independent but more costly and less integrated framework.

Source: Wikipedia