The future that would await us without storage or nuclear power plants
AleaSoft, September 22, 2020. The price peaks registered in the Central European electricity markets in recent days highlighted some of the keys, and also the difficulties, of a 100% renewable sustainable energy transition. This Monday, September 21, a price peak of €200.04/MWh was registered in the electricity markets of France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, […]
Peaks of more than €200/MWh in the electricity markets of Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain
AleaSoft, September 21, 2020. The price between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm of September 21 exceeded €200/MWh in the markets of Germany, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain, favoured by the low French nuclear energy availability. In the case of the German and Netherlander markets, values as high as this were not reached since […]
The ‘joy’ in the renewable energy financing continues despite the crisis
AleaSoft, September 18, 2020. ‘Joy and optimism’ with those words the speakers at the webinar “Energy markets in the recovery from the economic crisis” described the mood among developers and funders of new renewable energy projects in Spain and Europe in general. While everything was momentarily paralysed during the peak of the COVID-19 health crisis, […]
Lower renewable energy production and higher demand and prices of gas and CO2 boost the European electricity markets prices
AleaSoft, September 17, 2020. In the third week of September, the European electricity markets prices increased in a generalised way, reaching in some cases daily values higher than €70/MWh and hourly values higher than €180/MWh. This rise is caused by various factors: increased demand, decreased solar and wind energy production in some markets, and increased […]
The uncertainty created and the questions raised in the energy markets by the coronavirus crisis
AleaSoft, September 15, 2020. This global crisis caused by the coronavirus had a huge impact in all facets of the economy, and the energy markets were no exception. But beyond the damage already caused, many questions were raised about how the pandemic and the energy markets will evolve in the medium term and what consequences […]
The European electricity markets prices return to the path of the recovery due to the renewable energies and the temperatures
AleaSoft, September 14, 2020. In the third week of September, there will be a general increase in the European electricity markets prices, which thus return to the path of the recovery that momentarily slowed down during the first days of the second week of September. In some markets, falls in wind and solar energy production […]
Wind energy, fuels and CO2 momentarily slow down the recovery of the European electricity markets
AleaSoft, September 10, 2020. In the second week of September, the prices of the main European electricity markets fell due to the increase in wind energy production compared to the first week of the month, although they remained above €40/MWh in general. Other factors that favoured this decline were the falls in the Brent oil, […]
Tracking the evolution of the energy markets and the long term renewable energy projects financing
AleaSoft, September 8, 2020. After bottoming out in April and May, the energy markets face an uncertain recovery. Although the long‑term prospects indicate levels close to those before the crisis, in the medium term the possibility of outbreaks of COVID‑19 sows uncertainty. The renewable energy projects will also be affected. Although the investment appetite and […]
The European electricity markets started September with rises in prices due to the renewable energies and the gas
AleaSoft, September 7, 2020. The European electricity markets prices increased in a generalised way in the first week of September compared to the previous week. The causes include the decline in wind energy production in all markets, also in solar energy production in some, the recovery in gas prices, the high CO2 prices and less […]
The recovery of the European electricity markets continues, favoured by the gas, the CO2 and lower wind energy production
AleaSoft, September 3, 2020. The European electricity markets prices continued to recover in the first days of September, which led to the EPEX SPOT markets of Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands registering the highest values of this year 2020 so far. The general decline in wind energy production on the continent, as well as the […]
Deconstructing the €1.20/MWh of the solar energy auction of Portugal
AleaSoft, September 2, 2020. On August 24, the news broke that a record price of €1.20/MWh had been achieved in the photovoltaic energy auction of Portugal. This analysis aims to clarify the terms of the auction and correctly interpret this result of €1.20/MWh. To do this, it will be necessary to understand the flexibility offered […]
In August the European electricity markets prices recovered although they continue without reaching the levels of 2019
AleaSoft, September 1, 2020. The European electricity markets prices rose in August compared to those of July. However, they are still lower than those of August 2019 in most cases. One of the causes of this behaviour is the gas prices, which recovered compared to July but are still lower than in August 2019. A […]