Wind record generation – Shut down of EDF nuclear assets
In November 2024, France experienced a period of significant dynamism in the field of electricity generation, driven primarily by the variability in wind power production. During this month, wind generation levels fluctuated considerably, directly impacting market prices. One of the most notable milestones occurred during the passage of Storm Bert
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Each month, one of our experts publishes an article describing his view on a specific topic of the constant changes taking place in the energy market, with special focus on the French market.
Fifty shades of green growth
Draping themselves in environmentalist morality, Europe and its States have wasted an absolute fortune on reducing emissions (and primary energy), with appallingly lacklustre results:
Gas and oil: dancing cheap, too cheap ?
Since the beginning of 2020, European gas markets have seen their prices drop to levels not seen since the previous global economic recession back
Climate-proofing for the energy industry: evolve…or die?
What was, a few years ago, merely a theory has now become a proven fact. Global warming caused by the greenhouse effect is inexorably
Irsching Irrsinn (Irsching madness)
On Thursday, May 28th, UNIPER announced its decision to bring back Irsching 4 & 5 CCGT power plants in Bavaria to the market as
Covid19 and developments in the Capacity Market: auction results
The famous capacity auction of June 25th, 2020 has given its verdict and the results are exceptional! As a reminder, last Thursday, June 11th,
Sanitary crisis and developments in the French Capacity Market
Back on April 16th, 2020, and due to the Covid19 crisis, EdF announced a reduction in its electricity production forecasts in France for the
Time for renewables: how Covid-19 has affected Wind and Solar development in France
A new day, a new article on Covid-19 pandemic effects on the economy. Leaders of the big industries continue to watch, with great concern,
NoRéNE in the time of Coronavirus
Although the common belief now is that the debate on the post-ARENH system is as old as the ARENH itself, we must still recognise
Energy sector put to the test by COVID-19
At the time of writing this article, news on the pandemic are heartbreaking: hundreds of thousands of people affected, dozens of thousands deceased, planetwide
