Analysis October
2026
European electricity markets registered their highest monthly prices in recent years in October, driven by rising gas prices
2026
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 3, 2026. In October 2026, prices rose in most major European electricity markets and reached their highest monthly averages since at least January 2023. Tensions in the Persian Gulf and low European gas reserves drove up gas prices. Higher gas and CO2 prices, together with lower solar energy production than in […]
Lower wind energy production and rising gas prices drive up European electricity market prices in the last week of October
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 2, 2026. In the week of October 26, prices rose across the main European electricity markets as wind energy production declined and gas and CO₂ prices increased. Spain and Portugal reached their highest daily prices since April 2022. Low European gas storage levels and tensions in the Strait of Hormuz pushed […]
Wind energy drives down European electricity market prices despite TTF gas reaching its highest levels since 2022 in the second-to-last week of October
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 26, 2026. In the week of October 19, weekly prices declined in most European electricity markets, supported by increased wind energy production, despite rising demand and gas prices. Italy was the exception. France set an all‑time record for wind energy production for an October day. TTF gas futures reached their highest […]
TTF gas prices at their highest levels since 2022 and lower wind energy production drive up European electricity market prices in the third week of October
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 19, 2026. In the week of October 12, weekly prices rose across major European electricity markets as lower wind energy production, higher demand and high gas prices drove increases. Italy registered its highest daily price in several years. On Monday, October 19, Spain and Portugal registered their highest daily prices since […]
Gas price surge did not prevent prices from falling in most European electricity markets in the second week of October
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 13, 2026. In the week of October 5, weekly prices fell in most European electricity markets, supported by higher wind energy production in Germany and France and, in the Iberian Peninsula, by lower demand and higher solar energy production. Italy was the exception, driven by rising gas prices and lower solar […]
Analysis third quarter
2026
Gas and CO2 drove European electricity market prices to multi-year highs in the third quarter of 2026
2026
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 6, 2026. In the third quarter of 2026, prices rose in the main European electricity markets compared to the previous quarter and to the same period of 2025. The rise in gas and CO2 prices, higher demand and lower wind energy production drove this trend. Solar PV production reached quarterly historic […]
European electricity market prices rose in the week of September 28, with Spain and Portugal reaching their highest levels since 2022
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 5, 2026. In the week of September 28, weekly prices increased in most European electricity markets, supported by lower solar energy production. Spain and Portugal reached their highest daily prices since December 2022. Although photovoltaic energy production declined over the week as a whole, Portugal and Italy set all‑time records for […]
Analysis September
2026
European electricity market prices reached multi-year highs in September, while solar energy continued to break records
2026
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 1, 2026. In September 2026, prices rose in the main European electricity markets. Higher gas prices, driven by low European reserves and geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, together with the rise in CO2 prices and in demand, favoured this trend. The monthly fall in solar photovoltaic energy production added […]
Wind energy production decline drove up European electricity market prices despite lower gas prices in the fourth week of September
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 28, 2026. In the fourth week of September, weekly prices rose in most major European electricity markets, driven by a drop in wind energy production despite lower gas prices. Italy was the exception, as higher wind energy production and lower demand pushed prices down. The British market registered its highest daily […]
European electricity markets end the third week of September lower after reaching daily highs at the start of the week
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 21, 2026. In the third week of September, weekly prices fell in most major European electricity markets, supported by higher wind energy production and lower demand, despite high gas prices. France, Portugal, Spain and the Nordic market reached their highest daily prices since December 2022. TTF gas registered its highest settlement […]
TTF gas prices at their highest levels since 2022 and lower wind energy production drive up European electricity market prices in the second week of September
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 14, 2026. In the second week of September, weekly prices increased in most European electricity markets. Lower wind energy production in Germany and France, together with higher gas and CO2 prices, drove this trend, while stronger wind energy production pushed prices down in Spain and Portugal. Tensions in the Middle East […]
TTF gas and Southern European electricity markets hit their highest levels since 2022 and 2023 in the first week of September
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 7, 2026. In the first week of September, Spain and Portugal reached their highest daily electricity prices since December 2022, while Italy reached its highest level since January 2023, amid lower wind energy production, higher demand and elevated gas prices. The main European electricity markets set records for solar photovoltaic energy […]