
THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ – Iberian Singularity
Energy has been a daily topic of conversation in recent months. We at HES have been closely following all the developments to accompany our clients and help them weather the storm. In some of our previous publications we analysed the onset of the energy crisis after the “recovery” from the
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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.

The Force Assesses
On November 7th, 2017, RTE [the French Electricity Transmission Network] published the overview of its 2017 Generation Adequacy Report.

The price of capacity: unknowns and equations
The capacity market à la française is a complicated creation: the NOME [New Organisation of the Market for Electricity] law in 2010, a decree

Block is ticking…
As fits the new year, today we’re looking toward the future – more specifically, toward one of the ‘game changers’ that could deeply change the energy world.

Carbon price floor: supporting the EU ETS
In its progress towards meeting its climate commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU is on the right path to achieve its target of
Chilliness in the French electricity market – déjà vu?
After the frights experienced last winter due to the limitations imposed by the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) on the operation of EDF’s nuclear

Energiewende: a turning point ahead?
With an estimated cost of EUR520 billion by 2025, electricity bills for average households more than doubling by the same date, utilities facing huge

Storage regulation: it’s in the works!
The draft legislation ‘bringing an end to the search for and processing of conventional and non-conventional hydrocarbon fuels and resulting in several provisions regarding

The French capacity mechanism is on track to get the better of European rules
Up until this point, France has not been particularly noted for its punctuality in transposing the European Directives relating to the energy sector. In

An opportunity to seize
For a few weeks now, we’ve had a brand new President in France. More recently still, President Macron won a parliamentary majority, new in