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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 15h
A temporary fix by Spain’s TSO to limit voltage swings will effectively block renewable energy plants from participating in ancillary markets to help balance the grid, a lobby warned on Friday. montelnews.com/news/acb257c...
Spain voltage fix bars renewables in ancillary market – lobby
TSO Red Electrica has requested that power plants ramp up no faster than intervals of 15 minutes as part of temporary measures to curtail recent voltage spikes and following the ones that coincided wi...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 15h
Europe’s market for power purchase agreements (PPAs) is at a turning point – with capacity contracted via deals in the period January-September down 70% on the year, an analyst said on Friday. montelnews.com/news/de83356...
European PPA volumes in Jan-Sep plunge 70% from 2024 – analyst
Buyers had become more cautious due to a challenging environment, Bruno Brunetti, head of environmental markets and PPA analysis at S&P Global, told an industry event in London, pointing to policy unc...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 15h
Germany’s BNA energy regulator told Montel on Friday the approval of a key power line project between the north and south would “defend” its stance of retaining a single power price zone in the country. montelnews.com/news/f87d392...
North-south cable key to unified price zone – German regulator
The approval of the last 76km of the roughly 700km SuedLink cable could see it start delivering renewable power from wind‑rich northern Germany to the industrial centres in the south by 2028, it added...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 18h
Norwegian consultancy Volue said EU carbon prices were unlikely to top EUR 100/t over the next two years due to strong renewables generation, contradicting what several analysts said this week. montelnews.com/news/ce40397...
EUAs unlikely to top EUR 100/t over next 2 years – Volue
“I think the potential increase in renewables production could surprise the market. People tend to think that the future will look like the present, but the next few years could be very different,” Vo...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 18h
France should examine putting in place a regulated rate for the sale of all its power production, a cross-party parliamentary committee said. montelnews.com/news/a221f99...
MPs urge France to consider regulated power price
The country should study alternatives to its current flawed plan to sell all output on the wholesale market when the Arenh regulation expires on 1 January, its leaders said. That plan was like a “leak...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 18h
The European Commission’s aim to centralise day-ahead market coupling is “shocking”, legally contestable and “a fix to something that is not broken”, the power exchanges Epex Spot and Nord Pool told Montel. montelnews.com/news/84e01d6...
Power exchanges “shocked” by EU market coupling proposal
“I can’t see the benefits of a single market coupling operator. It will cost a lot to build, it will take a long time and it will prevent maybe some new improvements and new products,” said Jean-Franc...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 18h
The latest report on the Iberian blackout by European TSO group Entso-E failed to identify the root causes of the massive power outage, yet it provided some key clues and takeaways, analysts said. montelnews.com/news/501218e...
No “silver bullet” in latest Iberian blackout report
Entso‑E report on Iberian blackout offers clues but no root cause – limited distribution visibility and higher gas use flagged, analysts warn.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 21h
Russian missile and drone strikes hit Ukrainian power plants in several cities overnight, including Kyiv with part of the capital still without power, as utility Dtek told Montel on Friday the frequency of the strikes was intensifying. montelnews.com/news/acff47d...
Parts of Kyiv without power as Russia intensifies attacks
“There are power outages in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Odesa and Dnipro,” Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement on Friday. Russia had att...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 21h
The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could have sweeping consequences for power utilities and national economies in non-EU Western Balkan countries, said analysts. montelnews.com/news/d415fee...
CBAM to impact utilities, economies in Balkans region – analysts
“CBAM would really affect electricity exporters and cause some significant reduction in big plant operations,” Fabian Wigand, senior director at Tetra Tech consultancy, told the Energy Week conference...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
Spanish TSO Red Electrica’s request for regulatory changes is a “full-blown SOS” as power system conditions are currently similar to those seen before the 28 April blackout, energy analysts said on Thursday.
Spain TSO’s request signals “full-blown SOS” to avert blackout
Energy regulator CNMC said late on Wednesday that the TSO had requested urgent updates to several procedures in response to “sharp voltage fluctuations” seen in recent weeks.  The measures were aimed ...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
Complications created by the switch to 15-minute power trading on Europe’s day-ahead market are leading to more volatility in prices.
15-min complications add to power market volatility – analyst
“There’s an additional complexity in the day[-ahead] market,” she told Montel this week, referring to the switch that took place on 1 October to 15-minute trading blocks, from hourly. “It will be just...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
Upgrading Italy’s grid and boosting its energy storage facilities are more urgent priorities than expanding renewables, a senior parliamentarian told Montel.
Italy to focus on grid, storage over more renewables – official
“We don’t know where to put the energy when renewables produce in excess of demand,
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
France’s political turmoil risks crippling smaller businesses in its renewable sector, industry participants told Montel.
French green firms fear closures due to political turmoil
An absence of clear direction from the government was hitting smaller businesses particularly hard, a CEO told Montel. Jerome Owczarczak said his collective self-consumption start-up, BoucL Energie, w...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
German gas prices could spike above EUR 150/MWh in a colder than normal winter coupled with insufficiently filled gas storage, an unlikely but possible scenario that would hit the economy, a Frontier Economics study showed.
German gas could exceed EUR 150/MWh in winter crisis – study
However, the consultancy’s baseline scenario of normal conditions would see winter gas prices remaining below EUR 50/MWh, said the study, published late on Wednesday. Gas prices for the first quarter ...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 1d
Spain’s TSO Red Electrica has requested introducing urgent changes to power system rules after observing “sharp voltage fluctuations” in the last two weeks, the country’s regulator CNMC said.
Spain TSO urges grid rule changes due to voltage swings
Such oscillations “could affect supply security if the proposed changes are not implemented”, it added in a proposal to modify existing system operation procedures. The proposed changes include modifi...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
EU nations have failed to agree a common proposal to phase out Russian gas amid concerns of “excessive administrative burden” from two key member states, an EU diplomatic source told Montel on Wednesday. montelnews.com/news/4a492de...
2 key EU nations scupper agreement on Russia gas exit details
In a document seen by Montel, the EU Council proposed to introduce a so-called “ex ante authorisation” – or the giving of prior approval before a process takes place – for all gas and LNG imports, to ...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Finnish energy trading firm Power-Deriva plans to launch a digital trading platform for bilaterally settled power derivatives late next year, with eventual rollout across Nordic and Baltic markets. montelnews.com/news/09e4f40...
Power-Deriva to launch Nordic-Baltic OTC trading platform
Clients’ hedging needs remain strong and are increasingly met through OTC trading as exchange-traded volumes decline, the group’s head of development, Jan Ronnback, told Montel on Wednesday. “Much of ...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
German power exchange EEX trebled its trading volumes in the Nordic financial power market year on year in September, following the launch of several initiatives aimed at boosting liquidity, it said on Wednesday. montelnews.com/news/b2a087b...
EEX trebles Nordic volume growth in September
Total volumes traded and cleared at the EEX in September exceeded 2 TWh – more than the 1.8 TWh reached in the entire first half of the year, it said in a statement.  “While the market is just startin...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Germany could face delays to tenders for new gas-fired power plants and the start of a capacity market to help balance the grid, an economy ministry official said on Wednesday. montelnews.com/news/514882c...
Germany faces delays in gas power tender, capacity market
Germany may delay tenders for 12 GW of gas capacity and the start of its 2027 capacity market – timelines risk slipping amid approval and conditionality hurdles.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Europe’s benchmark TTF gas price is set to drop 17% from current levels this winter if winter turns out mild but if it turns out cold, the contract could rise 30%, consultancy Icis said on Wednesday. montelnews.com/news/71c2a95...
TTF gas may dive 17% in mild winter or jump 30% on cold – Icis
ICIS: TTF may drop 17% in a mild winter or rise 30% if cold – front‑month seen EUR 27–43/MWh amid risk of an LNG scramble.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Europe’s benchmark carbon price is expected to exceed EUR 100/t by 2027 amid a tighter market, while levels on the forthcoming EU ETS 2 – for buildings and road transport – may hit three digits by 2029, said analysts. montelnews.com/news/377069f...
EUAs set to exceed EUR 100 by 2027, ETS 2 in 2029 – analysts
Analysts expect EU carbon prices to top EUR 100/t by 2027 – ETS2 could reach three digits by 2029 as markets tighten.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Southeast Europe could phase out Russian gas by 2028 if it diversifies via the Vertical Corridor gas network from Greece to Ukraine, Bulgarian gas TSO Bulgartransgaz said on Wednesday, but a trader warned transporting LNG remains a problem. montelnews.com/news/abe1878...
SE Europe could diversify supply for 2028 Russia gas exit – TSO
Southeast Europe can ditch Russian gas by 2028 via the Vertical Corridor and Alexandroupolis LNG – but transport routes and tariffs remain a barrier, TSO says.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
European coal prices – which on Wednesday hit their lowest levels since late April – are likely to recover over the coming winter amid “adjustments” to Colombian supply, Kpler said in its monthly coal report. montelnews.com/news/84e9d74...
Coal prices set to recover amid “supply adjustments” – Kpler
“Thermal coal markets remain under pressure as abundant Russian exports continue to weigh on prices and displace other suppliers in the seaborne market,” said Firat Ergene, lead insight analyst. Europ...
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 2d
Column of the Week: Can Europe’s offshore wind industry weather the storm? montelnews.com/news/ee792fd...
Can Europe’s offshore wind industry weather the storm?
Europe’s offshore wind battered by rising costs, supply and security risks – targeted state support and flexibility markets could enable sector recovery.
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Montel News @montelnews.bsky.social · 3d
EU power sector emissions rose nearly 5% in the first half of the year as poor wind and hydropower conditions forced a return to gas-fired generation, offsetting strong solar growth, said think tank Ember on Tuesday. montelnews.com/news/7dea829...
EU H1 power emissions rise near 5% on green slump – think tank
EU power-sector emissions rose nearly 5% in H1 as weak wind–hydro forced more gas use despite strong solar growth – Ember.
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