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.
State aid: EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into the regulatory mechanism for natural gas storage in France
Our February article envisaged the end of a lengthy saga in the gas sector… and yet, here we are again with a new instalment!
Gas interruptibility: the end of a long saga?
December 2019 saw the publication of an impressive number of texts regarding the natural gas sector regulation in France… After the Energy Regulatory Commission
The verdict is in on the capacity mechanism! Capacity mechanism: things always come in threes
Things always come in threes. TWO thousand €/MW is the standard deviation typically observed between the different auction prices for the 2020 supply year,
Greener than green!
Less white than white, we (and comedian Coluche) suspect, must be light grey. We know what the colour green is…it’s green! But greener than
Hercule: labours postponed until the Greek calends
At the beginning of October, Jean Bernard Levy, the Chairman of EDF, explained in a letter to his employees that the introduction of the
PPAs for all!
For some time now, the world of energy has been watching the emergence of a new reference acronym: ‘PPA’. These three letters, often complemented
The French capacity mechanism still has a few tricks up its sleeve!
It’s becoming a habit; every HES Newsletter includes an article about the French capacity mechanism. At this rate, we’ll end up making it a
The ARENH and TRVs are trying to fit (into) the new Energy and Climate law
In the beginning, it was only meant to be a bill for correcting a minor issue – practically a typo or oversight on the
2018, a record year for gas
In a report made public on Friday 7 June (Gas 2019), the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that the demand for natural gas grew
