The need for 30-year hourly forecasting for PPAs and audits
AleaSoft, December 18, 2020. Account audits require documentation that accredits and justifies the investment decisions made. In this regard, the 30-year energy market hourly price forecasting is useful beyond the moment of the investment decision and the signing of the PPA, it is the support for the decision made. The need for energy market prices […]
The increases of electricity futures put the coverage and risk management of producers and consumers to the test
AleaSoft, December 17, 2020. Although the spot prices of the electricity markets fell in some markets thanks to the recovery of temperatures and wind energy production, the electricity futures are registering increases that are close to 8% since Friday December 11. These are decisive moments to test winter coverage strategies and market price risk management […]
The importance of not neglecting the markets prices risk management
AleaSoft, December 15, 2020. Bearing in mind the importance of the risk management, both when selling and when buying energy, is always important. The current moment of economic crisis and fluctuations in the markets prices may relegate the risk management to the background, but it is precisely in situations like this when the need and […]
The European electricity markets prices will take a breath after the increases of the start of December
AleaSoft, December 14, 2020. In the third week of the month, the prices will drop in most European electricity markets because the demand will be lower and the renewable energy production will increase. In the second week of December, the prices of most markets rose, reaching averages above €50/MWh. In most of the continent, the […]
All colours of hydrogen
AleaSoft, December 11, 2020. The green hydrogen is taking the rightful role in the energy transition. But, at the moment, the green hydrogen production is not competitive. When will producing green hydrogen be profitable? Is the blue hydrogen an alternative? In recent months, the number of news items about the hydrogen exploded exponentially. No day […]
The low temperatures drive the european electricity markets prices, which register records again
AleaSoft, December 10, 2020. In the second week of December, some European electricity markets set hourly or daily price records driven by the low temperatures that caused the increase in demand, surpassing the records reached during the first days of the month. The Brent, gas, coal and CO2 futures prices are among the highest since […]
The 2020 records, for the good and for the bad
AleaSoft, December 9, 2020. A few weeks before the end of the year, it can already be assured that 2020 has been an exceptional year. If something marked this year it was, without a doubt, COVID‑19 and the global crisis that it brought. The prices and the demands in the energy markets plunged at the […]
The digitalisation of the energy sector is essential to reach the 2050 objectives
AleaSoft, December 4, 2020. The environmental objectives of the European Union for 2030 and 2050 will require technological improvements both in the electricity generation and in its management in the interconnected electricity systems of all countries, especially in terms of the demand and its flexibility. The smartgrids and the smartmeters are examples of this deep […]
December begins with record prices in the european electricity markets
AleaSoft, December 3, 2020. In the first days of December, several European markets reached the highest daily or hourly prices in 2020. This behaviour was favoured mainly by the increase in electricity demand as a result of the decrease in temperatures. The CO2 prices continued to rise and exceeded €29/t, something that did not happen […]
Technical Due Diligence: “The renewable energy projects are real plants that have to be built”
AleaSoft, December 2, 2020. In addition to the aspects related to the financing of the renewable energies, the more technical issues related to the construction and operation of the plants are also crucial. The technical Due Diligence is an audit carried out by expert advisors who identify and propose tools to mitigate all the risks […]
The European electricity markets prices recovered in November but they remain lower than a year ago
AleaSoft, December 1, 2020. In November, the prices of most of the European electricity markets were higher than those of October, but they remained below those of November 2019. The electricity demand and the Brent futures had a similar behaviour. The wind energy production fell in general and the solar photovoltaic energy production grew year‑on‑year. […]
Price increases in the energy markets during the last days of November
AleaSoft, November 30, 2020. In the fourth week of November, there were increases in prices of the spot and futures European electricity markets, as well as of the Brent, gas, coal and CO2 markets. In some cases, values that were not seen for a few months were reached: in coal, since January, in Brent, since […]