Crisis, welke crisis? Waarom stroomprijzen vrolijk richting -60 ct/kWh duiken

Er is iets wonderlijks aan de hand in energieland. Terwijl krantenkoppen ons al maanden bestoken met woorden als gascrisis, geopolitieke spanningen en onzekere olieprijzen, gebeurt er op de elektricit...

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Winter darkness, summer gluts: why weather still rules Europe’s power prices

While checking the weather forecast recently, one fact stood out. In midwinter, daylight is barely half of what we enjoy in June, and cloud cover typically rises to about 80% compared with 60% in summ...

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Energie: Stromerzeuger schalten immer öfter PV ab

Eine neue Strommarkt-Analyse zeigt: Immer häufiger regeln Grünstromerzeuger freiwillig ihre Anlagen ab. Dahinter steckt ein Gesetz, bei dem es zu einer ungewöhnlichen Parteien-Kooperation kam.

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Market experts criticised US president Donald Trump after he described Europe’s energy transition as a “green scam” during a speech at the World Economic Forum, blaming renewables for high power… | Mo...

Market experts criticised US president Donald Trump after he described Europe’s energy transition as a “green scam” during a speech at the World Economic Forum, blaming renewables for high power price...

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Experts accuse Trump of “blatant” lies after EU “green scam” blast

“The geopolitical choice we made in Europe was to implement strict sanctions on our biggest gas supplier,” said Montel EnAppSys director Jean-Paul Harreman, regarding the region’s efforts to reduce re...

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European energy markets caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s imperialist blitz

Energy markets are still digesting the US attack launched on Venezuela on 3 January, which included the capture of president Nicolas Maduro and installation of vice‑president Delcy Rodriguez as interi...

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Cumulative Negative Day Ahead Prices | Montel Analytics

Sweden’s northern bidding area SE2 recorded the highest number of negative hourly power prices in Europe in 2025, overtaking Finland, which had topped the ranking in the previous two years. SE2 logge...

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Five events that reshaped Europe’s energy markets in 2025 | Montel Analytics

2025 was a year of jolts and hard lessons for Europe’s energy system, as highlighted by Montel’s expert columnists.   • In the Nordics, automated mFRR reshaped balancing markets. Priyanka Shinde, Nord...

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Balancing act: Europe’s reserve markets under strain

Balancing market integration cut costs but exposed faults — rule misalignments, IT glitches and limited cross‑border capacity triggered brutal price shocks; regulators must act.

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Polish TSO PSE is considering a price cap on its bids for balancing power via the Picasso platform, after repeated price spikes since joining the mechanism in July.   Traders told Montel the proposed…...

Polish TSO PSE is considering a price cap on its bids for balancing power via the Picasso platform, after repeated price spikes since joining the mechanism in July.   Traders told Montel the proposed ...

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When I presented at the Montel Analytics day in September, I highlighted that Sweden was starting to see higher intraday trading volumes. With the transition to quarter-hourly markets, especially SE3…...

When I presented at the Montel Analytics day in September, I highlighted that Sweden was starting to see higher intraday trading volumes. With the transition to quarter-hourly markets, especially SE3 ...

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The Impact of Curtailment on Intraday Markets

I’ll be in power markets for 25 years in 2026. Obviously, that makes me an old man in the industry, but it also means I’ve seen many changes to regulation, market mechanism, market dynamics and some m...

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Germany 10th of October, foggy start to the day, with some extreme balancing prices. | Jean-Paul Harreman

Germany 10th of October, foggy start to the day, with some extreme balancing prices.

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CBAM “uncertainty” may deter Denmark-UK power trade – TSO

“We have market participants calling us saying the situation is hugely frustrating. The uncertainty is probably the worst part,” Jeppe Hedegaard Munck, senior economist at Energinet, told Montel. When...

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Sweden first, Netherlands second. It sounds like an internet meme from 2016, but in terms of negative day ahead market prices it is very much a story of today. Negative price records keep getting… | J...

Sweden first, Netherlands second. It sounds like an internet meme from 2016, but in terms of negative day ahead market prices it is very much a story of today. Negative price records keep getting shat...

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Meer reuzebatterijen, maar hoge kosten stroomnet remmen groei wel af

Hoewel het aantal reuzebatterijen in Nederland gestaag groeit, is er geen juichstemming in de sector. Bedrijven hebben vooral last van de hoge nettarieven.

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European FCR Prices have been at decent levels this year. After some volatility in spring with Switzerland seeing huge prices, the market seems to have stabilized at similar levels compared to 2024… |...

European FCR Prices have been at decent levels this year. After some volatility in spring with Switzerland seeing huge prices, the market seems to have stabilized at similar levels compared to 2024, b...

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15-min day‑ahead to tighten schedules, lift volatility – experts

15‑minute day‑ahead trading tightens schedules, boosts price volatility and benefits flexibility providers like batteries and aggregators – experts.

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Montel Analytics PL Trading Dashboard | Jean-Paul Harreman

Did you know we have a great product for short-term analysis for Poland? Meet Gábor Szatmári and Hubert Put in Warsaw next week. They can show you around the platform and help you understand the impac...

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Let’s call it Stormy Monday, and Tuesday could be just as bad! On the 15th of September we’ll see lots of wind, so much, that we will see price sensitive curtailment, up to 23 GW in Western Europe… | ...

Let’s call it Stormy Monday, and Tuesday could be just as bad! On the 15th of September we’ll see lots of wind, so much, that we will see price sensitive curtailment, up to 23 GW in Western Europe. Ge...

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#wind #balancing #cfd #negativepricing #powermarkets #gb | Jake Thompson, Ph.D.

GB Sets New Record for Cumulative Negative Power Prices - 15th September On 15 September, the GB Day-ahead auctions cleared with eight hours of negative prices for EPEX, while Nordpool had 11 more ho...

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Poland’s Picasso price spikes like Italy’s before exit – traders | Jean-Paul Harreman

Picasso is causing some sketchy situations in Poland. Note that a lot of the extremes are happening when Poland decouples from Germany. The Polish allocation constraint strikes again. If you're lookin...

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#energytransition #batteries #powermarkets #montelnews | Snjólfur Richard Sverrisson

Storing up trouble? The role of batteries in Europe’s energy transition Batteries are often presented as the answer to Europe’s energy challenges. And yes, they can make a real difference, by reducin...

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Commercial curtailment: key catalyst for the energy transition

When the first solar panels appeared in my home country, the Netherlands, in 2016, few took them seriously. The climate was far from ideal, incentives were weak and real-time monitoring almost unheard...

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Increasing negative prices resulting from renewable buildout, as well as a lack of storage and flexible demand to absorb renewable surpluses. | Jean-Paul Harreman

Increasing negative prices resulting from renewable buildout, as well as a lack of storage and flexible demand to absorb renewable surpluses. Record-high solar, record-low coal/lignite generation, s...

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