News on European electricity markets
February/2026
| NEWS |
February 27, 2026
The decline in gas-fired electricity generation in Spain at the start of 2026
The beginning of 2026 has brought a decline in production from gas-fired power plants compared to the same period last year, particularly during February. This article analyses the causes and immediate consequences of this evolution, as well as the signals it sends regarding the direction to be taken for long-term decision-making.
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February 23, 2026
Gas and CO2 down, Brent up and declines in European electricity markets in the third week of February
In the third week of February, prices in most major European markets declined, except in the Iberian market where they recovered compared to the previous week, although they remained among the lowest in Europe. Most markets registered their lowest daily prices since the beginning of the year. Photovoltaic energy production increased and, in Italy, wind and solar energy production set new records for a February day. Electricity demand decreased in most markets. Gas and CO2 futures reached their lowest settlement prices since January 2026 and May 2025, respectively, while Brent futures reached their highest level since July.
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February 20, 2026
Pumped storage plants and their role in electricity system flexibility
The growing penetration of renewable energies is transforming the temporal structure of electricity markets, increasing hourly variability and modifying system operating patterns. In this new environment, energy storage technologies, and pumped storage plants in particular, play an essential role by allowing energy to be shifted from periods of lower prices to hours of higher economic value. The analysis of matched trades in the day-ahead market shows how these facilities not only provide operational stability but also capture economic value by efficiently managing temporal price differences.
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February 16, 2026
European market prices fall in the second week of February, the Iberian market remains decoupled and the Nordic market reaches the highest prices
In the second week of February, prices in most major European electricity markets followed a downward trend, although in many cases the weekly average was above €90/MWh. The Nordic market registered the highest weekly average, something unprecedented since at least 2018, and on February 10 it reached its highest price since 2022. The Iberian market remained decoupled from the rest of Europe, with daily prices below €5/MWh in most sessions. Regarding renewable energy production, the Italian market set the highest photovoltaic energy production for a February day and the French market registered the highest wind energy production for a February day. Meanwhile, CO2 futures fell to their lowest level since May 2025.
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February 9, 2026
European electricity market prices fall at the start of February, despite remaining above €100/MWh, with the Iberian market decoupled
At the start of the first week of February, prices in most European electricity markets declined and, despite a slight recovery during the second half of the week in some cases, weekly averages fell compared to the previous week. Even so, prices remained above €100/MWh in most markets, with the exception of Portugal, Spain and France. The Iberian market decoupled again, with significantly lower prices throughout the week. Solar energy production increased in the main markets and wind energy production reached a record level for a February day in Italy, while electricity demand declined in most markets. CO2 futures registered their lowest level since October 2025.
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February 3, 2026
January combined prices above €100/MWh and record renewable energy production in European electricity markets
In January, prices rose in most major European electricity markets and stood above €100/MWh. In several markets, the monthly price was the highest since at least March 2025. By contrast, prices in the Iberian market fell and were around €71/MWh. Spain and Italy registered all-time monthly wind energy production records, while France and Portugal reached their highest wind energy production for a January month. Germany, Italy and France achieved their highest photovoltaic energy production for a January month. Electricity demand increased. TTF gas futures reached their highest average since July, Brent futures since October and CO2 futures at least since January 2024.
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February 2, 2026
European electricity market prices remained high in the last week of January, with the Iberian market decoupled
In the last week of January, weekly prices in most major European electricity markets rose slightly compared to the previous week and stayed above €110/MWh. By contrast, the Iberian market decoupled once again, with averages close to €20/MWh, supported by wind energy production and lower electricity demand. In Italy, photovoltaic energy production reached its highest level ever for a January day. TTF gas and Brent futures hit their highest levels since June and August 2025, respectively, while CO2 futures reached their lowest level since November.
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- Regulation and prospects for energy storage and capacity markets
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- Portfolio valuation: main considerations to take into account
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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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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.