News on European electricity markets
Week 34/2026
(17/08/2026-21/08/2026)
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August 19, 2026
European gas reserves at their lowest in recent years: pressure on summer prices and risk for the winter
The European Union’s gas reserves currently stand at around 61% of their capacity, the lowest level for this time of year in recent years, even below the level recorded in 2021. In recent days, gas prices have risen and, on August 18, TTF gas futures reached their highest value since the beginning of 2023. The need to replenish inventories is already pressuring prices this summer, while the level of reserves Europe reaches October with will determine its exposure during the coming winter.
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August 18, 2026
Almaraz extension to 2030: gas, prices, renewable energy curtailment and capacity market
The extension of the Almaraz nuclear power plant until June 2030 reduces the electricity system’s short-term exposure to gas and to its prices. At the same time, it increases the pressure to integrate a growing renewable capacity and may raise the risk of curtailment, while it changes the assumptions used to size the future capacity market.
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August 17, 2026
European electricity market prices rise in the second week of August driven by gas and lower wind energy production
In the second week of August, weekly prices increased in the main European electricity markets, except in Italy, and exceeded 128 €/MWh, except in the Nord Pool market. The rise in TTF gas prices and the fall in wind energy production favored this trend. Germany and Portugal set solar photovoltaic energy production records for a day in August. The disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz drove up Brent and TTF gas futures.
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August 14, 2026
Renewable repowering is no longer a simple replacement: capacity, storage and grid connection all come into play
The MITECO has awarded €612 million to 173 wind repowering and hydroelectric modernisation projects under the Repoten 2 programme. More than half of them will include hybridised storage, adding 2 GWh of new capacity. The call for applications shows that renewing an asset now requires coordinating capacity, storage, grid access, captured price and financing.
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August 20, 2026
Artificial intelligence to understand and anticipate energy
Part 2. AI, machine learning and neural networks: are they the same thing?
August 19, 2026
Artificial intelligence to understand and anticipate energy
Part 1. Artificial intelligence did not begin with ChatGPT.
August 19, 2026
The six divisions of AleaSoft
Part 2. AleaBlue: anticipating the market to operate more effectively.
August 18, 2026
The six divisions of AleaSoft
Part 1. AleaGreen: long-term forecasts for making decisions today.
August 18, 2026
Every decision in the electricity market requires a forecast tailored to its time horizon.
August 17, 2026
Vertical solar concentrates part of its generation in the morning and afternoon. With more solar PV in the...
August 17, 2026
Renewable repowering is no longer a...
August 17, 2026
Why can combining solar PV and batteries be a good investment?
August 14, 2026
Is the electricity grid ready for electrification?
Part 3. Grids for international electricity exchanges
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| HOW WE HELP EACH PROFILE IN THE SECTOR |
Each player in the energy sector faces different decisions, but they all share the same challenge: making decisions in a context of high uncertainty, price volatility, and rapid market transformation.
At AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, we help all stakeholders in the sector anticipate scenarios, assess risks, and make decisions with a solid market outlook.
- * Developers of renewable energy and battery storage projects, investment funds, and banks: support in project evaluation, financing, due diligence, asset valuation, risk analysis, PPAs, and investment decisions.
- * Industry, large consumers, and data centers: support in energy cost management, purchasing strategies, hedging, PPAs, self-consumption, energy storage, and process electrification.
- * Generators (utilities and IPPs): support in portfolio optimisation, revenue assessment, risk management, hybridisation, repowering, market operations, and asset planning.
- * Retailers: support in portfolio management, energy purchasing strategies, pricing, hedging, demand forecasting, PPAs, and market risk analysis.
- * Control centres: support in daily operations, renewable generation forecasting, demand forecasting, imbalance reduction, market participation, and management of hybrid assets and batteries.
- * TSOs and distribution system operators: support in grid planning and operation, demand analysis, renewable integration, flexibility, energy storage, and system stability.
- * Traders, demand aggregators, and market representatives: support in market decision-making, arbitrage, risk management, scenario analysis, buying and selling strategies, and participation in spot, futures, and balancing markets.
- * Renewable fuels, hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, and biofuels: support in project evaluation, energy cost analysis, design of electricity supply strategies, renewable integration, energy storage, and market scenarios.
The goal is for each company to have access to information tailored to its reality, decision horizon, and specific risks, from daily operations to strategic planning and long-term investment.
| SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING BETTER DECISIONS IN ENERGY MARKETS |
The solutions from AleaSoft Energy Forecasting are designed to help companies reduce uncertainty, identify opportunities, and manage risks in increasingly complex energy markets.
- * AleaStorage: helps assess the economic viability, revenues, sizing, and optimization of energy storage and hybridization projects.
- * AleaGreen: helps make investment decisions, financing, asset valuation, PPAs, M&A, and due diligence with a long-term market perspective.
- * AleaBlue: helps operate in markets, manage risks, define hedging strategies, and make short- and medium-term decisions.
- * AleaHub: helps connect renewable sector players interested in opportunities related to PPAs, assets, and renewable and storage projects.
- * AleaWhite: helps track and analyze energy market developments using the Alea Energy Database, an online data platform, and specialized market reports.
- * AleaConsulting: helps develop customized analyses, market studies, audits, specialized reports, and strategic advisory to support investment decisions, operations, contracting, and risk management.