The data centre boom
The US, China, and now Europe are seeing a surge in data centres as big tech firms and other businesses develop their AI models. But, will these data centres cause the dramatic rise in power consumpti...
26 Jun 202534min
Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
This week, LNG prices rose to a 10-week high in Europe in response to the escalating conflict in the Middle East. With the shadow of a threat from Iran to close its vital waterway for global LNG shi...
19 Jun 202525min
Sticky Nordic negative prices, will Finland retain top spot?
Since spring 2025, power prices in the Nordics have been below zero, thanks to a myriad of factors, including low power demand and a glut of green power production. Whilst this has been good news for...
12 Jun 202532min
Offshore wind: Navigating the storm
In May, Danish energy producer, Orsted, pulled out of the UK’s Hornsea 4 project, citing "economic reasons", and earlier this week, industry leaders in The Netherlands have expressed their serious con...
5 Jun 202537min
Spanish cable, French resistance
Spain and Portugal will be sending joint letters to the EU energy commissioner and French energy minister, urging them to apply pressure on the current plans for interconnections, following April’s bl...
30 Mai 202532min
Gas power games
As Europe eyes an end to Russian gas imports by 2027, fresh geopolitical tensions are reshaping energy markets once again. Could Trump’s mediation efforts result in a ceasefire in the Ukraine and coul...
22 Mai 202531min
CBAM uncertainty hits commodity trading
In recent months, the European Commission has published what it describes as “simplified rules” of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), but is the policy still unclear and too complicated fo...
16 Mai 202534min
Iberia’s blackout: a wake up call?
Since parts of Spain, Portugal, and France temporarily lost power on Monday 28th April, TSOs and policy makers across Europe have been quick to try and assess how much their own networks are at risk o...
8 Mai 202534min
