Almost every power price movement comes back to the same mechanism: the merit order, the ranking that decides which plant runs and which one sets the price everyone else gets paid. Here's how fuel costs, carbon prices and renewables constantly reshape that ranking, hour by hour.
Europe's electricity system runs on three connected markets, day-ahead, intraday...
Throughout most of its history, European electricity trading was primarily a regional...
Most geopolitical risks are gradual. Tensions build, relationships deteriorate and...
Since 2021, European power markets have moved into a new era of volatility, and the causes behind it suggest this is a lasting shift rather than a passing
Power markets were built for a different era. Here's how governments are rewriting the rules of electricity trading to shore up energy security.
For three decades, the dominant trend in global energy markets was integration. Trade flows expanded, price relationships across regions converged and the
For twenty years, data centre power demand stayed flat because efficiency gains kept pace with growth. AI has broken that pattern, and Europe's grid now
Electricity markets do not operate in isolation. Power prices are continually shaped by fuel costs, carbon pricing, generation economics and shifting supply
As renewables reshape the grid, flexibility has become a core driver of power price formation, and understanding how it smooths some price spikes while
When it comes to renewable energy, flexibility is not a quality usually associated with this type of energy source. This all changes with flexible solutions
Power trading has historically relied on data, but the scope of what constitutes 'useful data’ is broadening. While traditional datasets such as prices,
As Europe's power system evolves, grid congestion is becoming a key driver of electricity prices. Learn how transmission constraints influence market
As renewable capacity grows across Europe, simultaneous wind and solar output can flood...
The energy market is changing not only in the evolution of power types but also in the...
Integrating flexible assets like battery storage, pumped hydro and demand response...
European power markets assume electricity can flow freely, but the physical grid has...
While Europe's Transmission System Operators (TSOs) follow the same Imbalance...
European power markets may have recovered, but liquidity is not evenly distributed...