El Niño and the Polar Vortex - the key weather drivers for Q4
Send us your thoughts! With European gas storage levels relatively low, periods of cold temperatures, weak wind or low rainfall could have an outsized impact on gas and power prices. In this episode o...
24 Sep 30min
Global trade risks threaten energy security
Send us your thoughts! The rules that have underpinned global shipping and energy trade for decades are coming under increasing strain. From the Strait of Hormuz and the Black Sea to the Baltic and th...
17 Sep 29min
Europe braces for winter gas crunch
Send us your thoughts! Europe is heading into winter with gas storage well below comfortable levels, LNG supplies under pressure and the Strait of Hormuz crisis adding further uncertainty to an alread...
10 Sep 32min
Summer price volatility: Batteries take the spoils?
Send us your thoughts! Batteries are emerging as one of the big winners from Europe’s increasingly volatile power markets. In this episode, we look at how huge amounts of solar generation are driving ...
3 Sep 30min
Hormuz crisis: Outlook remains highly uncertain
Send us your thoughts! The Strait of Hormuz crisis has reshaped the outlook for global energy markets, with uncertainty over LNG flows, European gas storage and geopolitical risk hanging over the mont...
27 Aug 32min
Norway faces a dry, expensive winter
Send us your thoughts! Reservoir levels in southern Norway are at their lowest for 30 years raising concerns about power prices in the months ahead and the Nordic region’s ability to balance domestic ...
20 Aug 26min
Europe feels the heat: Extreme weather becomes the norm
Send us your thoughts! Extreme heat and drought are putting Europe’s power system under pressure on close to an annual basis. Low river levels and high water temperatures are constraining nuclear and...
13 Aug 32min
Europe’s energy transition: Full speed ahead?
Send us your thoughts! After a summer spent exploring the technologies, markets and policies shaping Europe's energy transition, the final episode of the Plugged In Summer Series asks one key final qu...
6 Aug 28min
