News on European electricity markets
August/2023
August/2023
| NEWS |
September 05, 2023
Wind energy contributed to lower prices on european electricity markets in the last week of august
European electricity markets prices fell in the last week of August, supported by increased wind energy production combined with lower electricity demand and average temperatures. Weekly average prices for TTF gas and CO2 fell by 3.7% and 2.2% respectively, while Brent futures reached a settlement price of € 88.55/bbl on September 1, the highest since November 2022.
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August 28, 2023
High prices of the beginning of the year and the end of 2022 return to European electricity markets
European electricity markets prices continued to rise in the fourth week of August due to low renewable energy production and increased demand. Some markets registered the highest daily prices since December 2022. Nevertheless, the MIBEL market of Spain and Portugal registered prices of €0/MWh at certain hours on Sunday, August 27, due to high wind energy production.
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August 21, 2023
Gas and CO2 prices and the fall in renewable energy support the rise in electricity markets prices
Prices in European electricity markets rose in the third week of August. The increase in gas and CO2 prices, together with the general decrease in wind energy production and the increase in demand due to higher average temperatures, favored the price increase in all European electricity markets. The week’s average TTF gas and CO2 prices were 6.1% and 4.2% higher, respectively, than the previous week.
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August 14, 2023
The European electricity markets were impacted by higher gas prices in the second week of August
In the second week of August, gas futures rebounded, approaching €40/MWh on August 9. This, together with the fall in wind power production, favored prices increase in most European electricity markets. Even so, weekly averages for all markets were below €100/MWh, which has not happened since early June. On August 9, Brent futures reached the third highest value of 2023, above $87/bbl.
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August 07, 2023
CO2 prices and wind energy production drive European electricity markets prices down in early August
During the first week of August, the European electricity markets prices as a result of increased wind energy production, lower CO2 and gas prices, and lower electricity demand in some markets due to cooler average temperatures. On August 2, Spain recorded its second largest solar photovoltaic energy production to date. The Brent futures reached their highest settlement price since mid-April.
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August 03, 2023
July, 2023: fall in prices on European electricity markets and record production of photovoltaic energy
In July, 2023, prices in most European electricity markets fell to their lowest levels since at least June, 2021. Drop in gas prices, which are also the lowest on average since June, 2021, and drop in electricity demand, together with higher solar or wind energy production, contributed to these drops. Spain, Italy, France and Portugal registered their highest ever monthly photovoltaic energy production.
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
August 29, 2023
With Alea Energy DataBase, our online platform, it is possible to...
August 28, 2023
Storage systems such as betteries allow wind or solar renewable energy to be stored for...
August 17, 2023
Long-term Electricity Markets price forecasts are essential in both renewable asset valuation and PPA...
August 17, 2023
To contribute to the digitalization of companies in the electricity sector...
August 14, 2023
To improve operating strategies for energy storage systems, such as batteries...
August 11, 2023
Price forecasts are essential for agents operating in the daily...
August 07, 2023
Electrointensive consumers and renewable energy producers can...
August 03, 2023
For analysts, traders, energy producers, retailers or journalists, access to...
| WEBINARS |
- Evolution and prospects of European energy markets
- Benefits of PPA for large and electro intensive consumers
- AleaSoft services that contribute to risk management and energy transition
On October 19, AleaSoft Energy Forecasting will organise the webinar "Prospects for energy markets in Europe for the winter 2023-2024. Renewable energy projects financing", where the following topics will be addressed:
- Evolution and prospects of European energy markets for the winter 2023-2024
- Financing of renewable energy projects
- Importance of forecasting in audits and portfolio valuation
- Oriol Saltó i Bauzà, Associate Partner at AleaGreen
- Carlos Milans del Bosch, Partner of Financial Advisory at Deloitte
- Álvaro Antón Azcoiti, Director, Financial Advisory at Deloitte
- Ricardo Benito Pascual, Director, Financial Advisory at Deloitte
- Bárbara Cueto-Felgueroso Rato, Director Corporate Treasury Advisory Services at Deloitte
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- Short term forecasting for agents that operate in the spot and futures markets. Request recording >>
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| HYBRID SYSTEMS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND BATTERIES |
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| MARKETS FORECASTING REPORTS |
At AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, long term forecasting reports are carried out for all European energy markets. In addition, new complementary services associated with these long term reports are offered.
Mid term European electricity markets prices forecasting reports are also available, which provide a vision of the prospects for the coming months and years, taking into account the most up to date scenarios for the evolution of the economy.
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| REPORTS FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR |
At AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, studies and reports on the European energy markets are carried out to satisfy the needs of the companies in the sector or other indirectly related companies. Some examples of these reports are:
- Long-term analysis of the electricity sector in the European markets
- Optimisation strategies for hybrid systems of renewable energy and energy storage
- Impact of the 7% tax on the market prices
- Financing and PPA
- Renewable energy auctions
- CO2 prices
- Analysis of the emission factor transferred to the market at the long term
- Price captured by photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind and hydroelectric energy
- Valuation of the wind and solar resource of a facility
- Influence of anticipated nuclear power plants shutdowns in the electricity sector
- International interconnections
- Analysis of price cannibalisation and hourly price profiles in the future
- Future of the green hydrogen in the energy sector
- Self-consumption
- Analysis of future scenarios in the sector and simulations
- Repercussions of the NECP in the electricity market
- Monographs on the main European electricity markets
- Cogeneration
- Biomass
- National, regional electricity consumption or client portfolio
- Generation optimisation
- Fuels: consumption, prices and futures
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| ALEA ENERGY DATABASE (ALEAAPP) |
At AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, the Alea Energy DataBase (AleaApp) was developed, an online platform which compiles the data from the energy markets and the macroeconomic data from the main European markets, helping and facilitating the digitalisation of the companies. In this tool it is possible to visualise and analyse the data through comparative graphs of variables, calculation of the moving average, changes in the temporality of the series, among others.
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| ENERGY MARKETS OBSERVATORIES |
The energy markets observatories are available on the AleaSoft Energy Forecasting website, which allow analysing the evolution of the main European electricity markets in recent weeks. This tool includes hourly, daily and weekly graphs in which the information is updated daily.