Tense calm in the energy markets in Europe

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 12, 2021. The situation of the energy markets in Europe is of tense calm. The increased flow of gas to the continent’s reserves slowed the rise in prices in gas and electricity markets. But prices continue at extremely high levels and very dependent on any news about the supply of gas […]
Interview of Solar News with Antonio Delgado Rigal, PhD in Artificial Intelligence and CEO of Aleasoft Energy Forecasting

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 10, 2021. Interview of Solar News magazine with Antonio Delgado Rigal, PhD in Artificial Intelligence, founder and CEO of AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. The increase in fuels prices, which in the case of gas reached historical highs, led to a general rise in European electricity markets prices in the current context of […]
November began with price decreases in most European electricity markets

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 8, 2021. In the first week of November, prices of most European electricity markets registered declines, favoured by the drop in gas prices and the increase in wind energy production in some markets. In the Iberian market, the increase in solar energy production was another factor that favoured that prices fell. […]
The activation of Cesce credits: good news in the midst of troubled times of the electricity sector

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 5, 2021. On November 2, the public insurance company Cesce approved the guarantee coverage modality for PPA between electro‑intensive consumers and renewable energy developers within the framework of the Statute of electro‑intensive consumers, which will guarantee the signing of these PPA. Electro‑intensive consumers have a great opportunity to minimise their exposure […]
October 2021 is the month with the highest prices in the history of European electricity markets

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, November 2, 2021. The photovoltaic energy production fell in October due to the decrease in solar radiation, but it increased compared to October 2020 because of the increase in installed capacity, while the electricity demand decreased compared to the previous year. Gas prices continued to rise during most of the month and […]
The energy sector is complying with decarbonisation but transport and industry are missing

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 29, 2021. COP26 will show that progress is not being made fast enough in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The energy sector historically was one of the largest contributors to these emissions, but right now it is the sector that is making the fastest progress in reducing them and it has a […]
Interview of El Economista with Antonio Delgado Rigal, PhD in Artificial Intelligence and CEO of AleaSoft

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 27, 2021. Interview of Concha Raso and Rubén Esteller, in the digital magazine of Energía of El Economista, with Antonio Delgado Rigal, PhD in Artificial Intelligence, founder and CEO of AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. “The basis of everything is making long‑term bilateral contracts to get out of the troubled waters of the […]
Second consecutive week of price decreases in most European energy markets

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 25, 2021. In the third week of October, prices of most spot and futures European electricity markets fell. The decrease in gas and CO2 led to declines in electricity markets, in which wind energy production also increased in a generalised way. However, in the Italian and Iberian markets prices increased. Despite […]
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting: Witnesses to the energy transition during the last 22 years

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 22, 2021. Last October 8 was the 22nd anniversary of AleaSoft Energy Forecasting. In all these years the company witnessed the transition of the Spanish electricity sector, which went from being dominated by coal energy production initially, to having almost zero participation in this technology in recent years, and how other […]
The valuation of the exposure to market prices volatility needs hourly forecasts

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 19, 2021. PPA are essential hedging tools for achieving renewable energy capacity targets for the energy transition. But, although they became common in the news of the electricity sector, their accounting is very complex and, as it is a long‑term hedging contract, it requires periodic estimates of the asset’s value and […]
Prices of several European electricity markets fell although levels remain high

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 18, 2021. During the second week of October, prices of several European markets fell compared to those of the previous week, favoured by the decrease in gas and CO2 prices and the increase in wind energy production in some markets during this period. Even so, price levels in electricity markets continue […]
The approval of Royal Decree-law 17/2021 may be the end of investments and energy transition

AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, October 15, 2021. Royal Decree‑law 17/2021 was validated in the Spanish Congress on October 14. Since it was approved by the Council of Ministers on September 14, it generated a great stir in the electricity sector due to the legal uncertainty generated by the mechanism of revenue reduction due to high gas […]