Cables, congestion and complexity
Nordic wholesale electricity prices have soared compared to last year amid cold weather and exports to Germany, despite high hydropower stocks. Listen to a discussion on the huge internal price diffe...
27 Maj 202126min
Is CO2 a new inflation hedge?
As economies jolt back from pandemic-led destruction, there are growing concerns about inflation. An influx of speculative activity in the EU carbon market – which has whipsawed CO2 prices to record h...
20 Maj 202132min
Decarbonising EU industry
The EU’s countdown to net-zero emissions by 2050 will demand significant changes to many industrial sectors and will herald a host of new policy frameworks and tools to spur low-carbon technology acro...
13 Maj 202125min
Chalk and Cheese
What a difference a year makes. In 2020 gas prices plunged to record lows, but this year they have rebounded dramatically, surging to multi-year highs on cooler weather, supply concerns and low storag...
6 Maj 202127min
Chocolate, carbon taxes and record highs
Europe's CO2 market continues to break new records, almost daily. Ahead of a flurry of new legislative proposals from Brussels starting in June, key MEP Jytte Guteland highlights what lies ahead for E...
29 Apr 202120min
Offshore wind’s conundrum
Connecting 300 GW of offshore wind by 2050 will require a fresh configuration of bidding zones, and multilateral cooperation between countries, TSOs and utilities. Onshore, politics often trumps econo...
22 Apr 202123min
Additionality and Cannibalisation
The Nordic region has huge potential for the further expansion of renewable energy as more and more companies seek to procure new or “additional” green energy.Listen to a discussion on the current tre...
15 Apr 202124min
Mind the Gap
Germany faces an electricity capacity gap of up to 4 GW in 2023 and 2024 due to the country’s exit from both coal-fired and nuclear power generation. Listen to a discussion on how supply could be cr...
8 Apr 202124min
