European electricity markets end the third week of September lower after reaching daily highs at the start of the week
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 21, 2026. In the third week of September, weekly prices fell in most major European electricity markets, supported by higher wind energy production and lower demand, despite high gas prices. France, Portugal, Spain and the Nordic market reached their highest daily prices since December 2022. TTF gas registered its highest settlement […]
Arbitrage shapes the future of battery revenues: capacity market and bankability
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 18, 2026. The rapid growth of storage will progressively transform battery revenue streams in Spain. Balancing services offer highly attractive opportunities today, but their capacity is limited. In the long term, energy arbitrage is emerging as the main revenue base for these assets, now complemented by the new capacity market. Webinar […]
Intraday spreads at 2026 highs: how much battery storage actually captures
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 15, 2026. The Spanish electricity market’s one-hour intraday spread reached an average of €195.29/MWh in August 2026, the highest monthly level of the year, compared with an average of €121.78/MWh so far in 2026. This context widens the opportunities for battery storage, but the intraday spread is only the starting point […]
TTF gas prices at their highest levels since 2022 and lower wind energy production drive up European electricity market prices in the second week of September
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 14, 2026. In the second week of September, weekly prices increased in most European electricity markets. Lower wind energy production in Germany and France, together with higher gas and CO2 prices, drove this trend, while stronger wind energy production pushed prices down in Spain and Portugal. Tensions in the Middle East […]
Extreme heat in Spain in 2026: records, wildfires and more than 5400 deaths attributable to temperature
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 10, 2026. Exceptionally high temperatures, wildfires and more than 5400 deaths attributable to temperature once again highlight the need to combine decarbonisation, adaptation and a more resilient electricity system. A summer marked by historic temperatures The summer of 2026 is leaving a new set of signals in Spain about the scale […]
This summer’s SRAD activations highlight the value of flexibility: demand and storage gain prominence
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 8, 2026. The Active Demand Response Service (SRAD) activations recorded in Spain this summer have once again highlighted the importance of flexibility in an electricity system with ever-increasing renewable penetration. For large consumers, mechanisms such as SRAD also represent an opportunity to turn their capacity to adapt consumption into an additional […]
TTF gas and Southern European electricity markets hit their highest levels since 2022 and 2023 in the first week of September
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 7, 2026. In the first week of September, Spain and Portugal reached their highest daily electricity prices since December 2022, while Italy reached its highest level since January 2023, amid lower wind energy production, higher demand and elevated gas prices. The main European electricity markets set records for solar photovoltaic energy […]
Data centers are not the energy transition’s problem: they can be part of the solution
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 4, 2026. Spain needs more renewable generation, but it also needs new electricity demand capable of absorbing it. The regulation proposed for data centers is demanding, but it opens an opportunity to link new demand with new generation, storage and PPAs. The growth of data centers has become one of the […]
Electricity and gas futures point to a winter of high prices in Europe
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 2, 2026. Electricity futures have risen sharply in Europe over the summer, amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and rising gas prices. The rise increases hedging costs for large consumers and electro-intensive industry, while higher price curves may improve the bankability of renewable PPAs. Rise in electricity futures prices Electricity […]
Analysis August
2026
Prices rose in all European electricity markets in August driven by gas, while solar energy hit record highs for the month
2026
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, September 1, 2026. In August 2026, monthly prices rose in all the main European electricity markets. The increase in gas and CO2 emission allowance prices, together with the monthly decline in solar energy production and lower wind energy production in most markets, drove this trend. Even so, solar PV production reached record […]
European electricity markets registered higher wind energy production and lower prices in the fourth week of August
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 31, 2026. In the fourth week of August, weekly prices fell in most European electricity markets. A widespread increase in wind energy production supported this trend, with Italy as the exception. Portugal set a wind energy production record for an August day. Brent futures fell. In contrast, TTF gas futures rose, […]
800 articles telling the story of a historic transformation of the energy sector
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting, August 27, 2026. Since 2019, AleaSoft Energy Forecasting has been publishing regular analysis on electricity markets, renewables and the sector’s major changes in El Periódico de la Energía. This 800th publication is an opportunity to look back and see just how much the energy sector has changed in barely seven years. Eight […]