50 years from the arrival on the Moon and the photovoltaic revolution
AleaSoft, July 31, 2019. Now that it is fifty years since the first time the human being set foot on the moon, it should be remembered that some of the technologies that were used in those space travels, such as photovoltaic or hydrogen fuel cells, are the technologies that are currently leading the energy transition. […]
Portugal’s auction results: The photovoltaic price is not 14.70 €/MWh
AleaSoft, July 31, 2019. AleaSoft comments on the prices obtained in Portugal’s photovoltaic auction and it clarifies some precipitated assumptions that could be inferred. The news is shocking: the price that photovoltaic accepted in an auction is the lowest of all the renewable energy auctions in the world so far. The news appeared this week […]
In Europe, wind and photovoltaic energy continue not being able to stop the rise of electricity market prices
AleaSoft, July 29, 2019. Prices of the main electricity markets in Europe clearly rose during the last week at the same pace as the temperatures. The increase in renewable energy production, especially wind and photovoltaic energy in Germany and Italy, was not enough to tackle the rise in prices. Brent, fuels and CO2 The Brent […]
European electricity markets panorama: Poland
AleaSoft, July 24, 2019. Poland is a country dominated by the electricity production with coal, where the wind energy has already been opening the road to renewable energies for several years and the photovoltaic energy begins to be introduced. But the road is still very long and the goals are very ambitious. To request the […]
Rise in European electricity market prices despite the increase in photovoltaic and wind energy
AleaSoft, July 22, 2019. In a domino effect, the forecasted increase in temperatures for this week of July 22 is affecting several energy markets. At the end of last week, price increases began to be seen in the gas, coal and CO2 emission rights markets, and this week began with increases in the electricity markets. […]
CO2, gas and coal prices and PPA dominate the headlines on electricity markets so far in 2019
AleaSoft, July 17, 2019. In this second part of the summary of the most important news during the first six months of 2019, AleaSoft reviews the news about the European electricity markets and the factors that most influenced their prices and those that were most commented in the news of the sector, along with other […]
The price reductions do not arrive in July to the electricity markets
AleaSoft, July 15, 2019. During the past week, around July 11, price peaks were registered in several electricity markets in Europe. Electricity, gas, coal, oil and CO2 emission rights markets all experienced price increases, coinciding with an upward trend, with temperature peaks and with news that favoured an increase in market activity. Brent, oil and […]
Prices rise this week in the MIBEL market, but even more in the rest of Europe
AleaSoft, July 11, 2019. The average price of the MIBEL market rose so far this week by 4% compared to the first four days of last week. However, this increase is low compared to those of the rest of the European markets, which reached up to 22% in the case of our neighbour, the EPEX SPOT […]
Photovoltaic and self-consumption: The two most mentioned words in the first half of 2019
AleaSoft, July 9, 2019. AleaSoft reviews in two articles the most important topics that appeared in the news of the energy sector and markets during the first six months of 2019 in Spain and Europe. In this first article, the news about the two main topics of this first half of the year, very related […]
Europe’s electricity markets move at a different pace during the last week
AleaSoft, July 8, 2019. AleaSoft analyses the prices in the fuel markets, CO2 emission rights, European electricity markets and production with renewable energies during the first week of July. In that week, the European electricity markets moved at a different pace: in the markets of the center-south of Europe the prices increased with respect to […]
MIBEL market price rises this week despite greater wind and solar energy production
AleaSoft, July 4, 2019. AleaSoft analyses the behaviour of the MIBEL electricity market of Spain and Portugal in June and between July 1 and 4. In this last period, the average price increased with respect to the same days of last week. Although renewable energy production of wind and solar energy increased, the decrease in […]
The electricity market MIBEL with decreasing prices in the first half of 2019, in line with the rest of Europe
AleaSoft, July 3, 2019. This week at AleaSoft the analysis of the European electricity markets in the recently completed quarter and first half of year was carried out, in which the general trend was the fall in prices. In this article, the analysis focuses on the Iberian MIBEL market, where prices also fell in […]