A grid connection queue is the list of projects waiting for permission to plug into the network, and the date it gives each one decides when it can start earning. For most of the past decade, generation cost was the binding constraint on the energy transition, now it's the network itself, and the queue is where that mismatch shows up.
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Negative power prices happen when there is more electricity on the grid than people need, so producers end up paying buyers to take it, and this guide
LNG cargoes delivered into Europe are commonly priced against the TTF or NBP gas hubs, so knowing how these benchmarks relate to each other helps buyers and
Open, high, low and close figures sum up a full day of spot power prices in just four numbers, and this article explains what each one tells you and how to
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
Europe's electricity system runs on three connected markets, day-ahead, intraday and balancing, that let traders and grid operators keep supply and
Throughout most of its history, European electricity trading was primarily a regional activity. Prices fluctuated based on weather conditions, plant
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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
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
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Geopolitical crises break the historical relationships that quantitative models and...
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When it comes to renewable energy, flexibility is not a quality usually associated with...
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...