Renewable repowering is no longer a simple replacement: capacity, storage and grid connection all come into play
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 14, 2026. 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 […]
Voltage control and reactive power: the new value of batteries, renewables and industry
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 7, 2026. The transition towards an electricity system with more renewable generation does not only transform the way electricity is produced. It also changes the resources the system needs to keep frequency and voltage within safe limits, and with them the value that batteries, renewable energy and industry provide. Active power […]
Record July spreads in Spain and Portugal reinforce the signal for storage
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 5, 2026. In July, the average one-hour intraday spread of the Spanish electricity market reached a value of €148/MWh, a historic high even above the levels of the 2022 energy crisis. Portugal also recorded a record of €142/MWh. As relevant as the magnitude is how it is generated. While in other […]
Falling wind energy production and rising demand drive up European electricity market prices in the last week of July
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 3, 2026. In the last week of July, prices rose across the main European electricity markets except the Nordic market, and most markets exceeded €100/MWh. Lower wind energy production and higher demand drove this trend. Markets set records for photovoltaic energy production for an August day. Easing hostilities between the United […]
Analysis June
2026
European solar photovoltaic energy production broke records in June, while prices rose in most markets
2026
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, July 2, 2026. In June 2026, solar photovoltaic energy production reached all-time highs in the main European electricity markets. Wind energy production also broke records for a month of June in France and Portugal. Monthly average prices rose in most markets, driven by higher summer demand and higher CO2 emission prices, despite […]