News on European electricity markets
Week 17/2026
(20/04/2026 –26/04/2026)
| NEWS |
April 21, 2026
Storage positioned as a key element in the evolution of European electricity markets
The analysis table of the Spanish version of the 65th monthly webinar, held on April 16 under the title “Prospects for energy markets in Europe”. The role of energy storage”, highlighted the growing importance of storage in European electricity markets. In a context characterised by high renewable energy penetration, price volatility and the emergence of structural signals such as photovoltaic cannibalisation, storage is becoming an essential element for the flexibility of the electricity system.
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April 20, 2026
European markets maintain upward pressure in the third week of April despite falling gas prices, with new photovoltaic energy records
In the third week of April, prices in most major European electricity markets rose compared to the previous week, with averages exceeding €95/MWh, although they fell after the highs registered at the start of the week. Demand grew and wind energy production declined, while photovoltaic energy set records for an April day in Spain, France and Portugal. TTF gas futures fell to their lowest level since February.
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April 17, 2026
Energy storage redefines the balance of the electricity system: from the European market to the Spanish reality
The European electricity system is entering a new phase and this can already be observed in market behaviour. This is not a matter of forecasts or long-term plans. Volatility in energy prices, driven by geopolitical factors and supply uncertainty, has intensified in recent months. That volatility is now directly affecting the electricity market. However, beyond fuels, the most significant change is taking place within the electricity system itself.
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
April 22, 2026
Long-term forecasting in volatile market is essential...
April 17, 2026
Energy markets are reacting again to...
| WEBINARS |
- Evolution and prospects of European energy markets and their impact on energy storage
- Batteries and storage: role in the system, revenues and opportunities
- Alejandro Diego Rosell, Energy Communicator and Consultant, Director of Studies at World Wide Recruitment and Lecturer at EOI
- Oriol Saltó i Bauzà, Associate Partner at AleaGreen
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- Evolution and prospects of European energy markets
- Energy storage: regulation, current situation and prospects
- Raúl García Posada, Partner, Director at ASEALEN
- Oriol Saltó i Bauzà, Associate Partner at AleaGreen
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| WORKSHOPS |
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These are the latest workshops held:
- Short term forecasting for agents that operate in the spot and futures markets. Request recording >>
- Mid-term forecasting with the stochasticity distributions for agents operating in the spot and futures markets. Request recording >>
- Alea Energy DataBase (AleaApp) for the compilation, visualisation and analysis of data related to the energy markets. Request recording >>
| 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.