The European electricity markets prices begin to decrease due to the increase in wind energy and less cold temperatures
AleaSoft, January 18, 2021. During the third week of January, the European electricity markets prices are expected to fall, something that already happened during the second week of the month in some markets. The causes will be the increase in wind energy production and the recovery of the temperatures, which, in addition to causing a […]
The production of green hydrogen will create a floor in the electricity markets prices and it will avoid a great part of the curtailments
AleaSoft, January 15, 2021. The green hydrogen will be one of the protagonists in the decarbonisation of the economy and it will be key in the energy storage and in the substitution of the fossil fuels. Its production is expected to introduce a floor in the electricity markets prices and also to avoid the curtailments […]
The gas prices records continue to support the high prices in the European electricity markets
AleaSoft, January 14, 2021. The TTF gas futures exceeded €26/MWh on January 12, this being the highest value in at least the last two years. These high prices favoured the increase in prices in most of the European electricity markets in the first days of the second week of January. In the UK market, the […]
The electricity market is in balance: the high prices of the start of January are exceptional
AleaSoft, January 14, 2021. The high prices reached in the electricity market generated a great stir in the media and in the Spanish politics, and some voices even once again asked that the market rules are changed to avoid this type of situation. The Spanish electricity market is part of the European electricity market with […]
Energy efficiency: what changed since the record for electricity demand in 2007
AleaSoft, January 12, 2021. The cold snap brought records for prices and electricity demand. Comparing the hourly demand record in Spain for the last nine years registered on January 8 with the historical record of 2007, interesting conclusions can be obtained on the evolution of the energy use and the energy efficiency. The first week […]
Records of maximum demand and prices in the European electricity markets in the start of 2021
AleaSoft, January 11, 2021. The low temperatures registered in Europe during the first week of 2021 caused records of hourly or daily electricity demand in various markets of the continent and led to the increase in gas and CO2 emission rights prices. The low wind and solar energy production joined this combination of factors, also […]
The multiple and numerous uses of the PPA
AleaSoft, January 8, 2021. The beginning of 2021 coincided with the escalation of the third wave of the COVID‑19 pandemic. The year, which had to be that of the economic recovery, begins more uncertain than ever. Faced with such a scenario, the promoters of the renewable energy projects need tools such as the PPAs to […]
The cold snap and the fall in wind energy production make the electricity markets prices soar
AleaSoft, January 7, 2021. The price increases that occurred on Monday, January 4, were just the beginning. The hardening of the conditions during the cold snap, with even greater drops in temperatures, and together with the fall in wind and photovoltaic energy production, pushed the European electricity markets prices to record highs in some of […]
Low temperatures favour a change of year with high prices in the European electricity markets
AleaSoft, January 4, 2021. Despite being a period of holidays and festivities, during the last week of 2020 high prices were registered in the main electricity markets in Europe, due to the low temperatures that pushed the electricity demand in most countries, and also favoured by the fall in wind energy production in France and […]
2020: The year the energy sector in Europe showed its strength
AleaSoft, December 28, 2020. A summary of the energy markets in 2020 could have many possible headlines, all of them equally impressive. Among them, we could highlight the increase in photovoltaic capacity in Spain, the fall in electricity, gas and CO2 prices during the most critical episodes of the COVID‑19 pandemic, or the escalation in […]
Climate change and energy markets in the mid term
AleaSoft, December 22, 2020. The effects of climate change can already be clearly perceived. Beyond the climate, they are beginning to affect the weather, the economy, the quality of life and a host of aspects of which it is difficult to get a clear idea. Energy markets are not an exception, and they also suffer […]
The outlook in the energy markets calms down for the last weeks of the year
AleaSoft, December 21, 2020. After the price peaks in the European electricity markets during the cold snap, they settled down during the week of December 14, while prices in the Iberian market rose after a week with peaks in wind energy production. Moreover, the prices of gas, coal, oil and CO2 emission rights have ended […]