Complexity, competition, break-up
Send us your thoughts! France is set to overhaul the mechanism intended to boost competition in the country’s electricity market, but the measure’s complexity as well as disputes over the potential b...
14 Jan 202121min
Upside for German power prices
Send us your thoughts! German power prices have gained in recent weeks amid colder weather and a strong carbon market, with the bullish trend set to continue over the coming weeks, at least according ...
7 Jan 202125min
From turmoil to reset
Send us your thoughts! In the last episode of 2020, a year of pandemic and economic turmoil, the Montel Weekly podcast takes listeners on a virtual tour around Europe with discussions about what lies ...
17 Dec 202030min
Lights will stay on this winter
Send us your thoughts! Power supply in northwest Europe over the coming winter faces uncertainty amid limited nuclear availability, aging conventional plant capacity and colder weather, but the lights...
10 Dec 202022min
Brexit chaos looms
Send us your thoughts! Access to European energy markets is being used as a negotiating tool in Brexit discussions over access to UK fisheries as well as state aid provisions. In this episode, we di...
3 Dec 202023min
Another annus horribilis
Send us your thoughts! Continued oversupply, mild weather and a massive growth in wind power capacity, will keep Nordic power prices low for the coming year at least. Further out, increased demand tha...
26 Nov 202021min
Certain carbon uncertainty
Send us your thoughts! Reform of the mechanism to reduce market oversupply, tweaking the cap and not least the final 2030 target are all uncertain factors for the EU ETS which will continue to cause p...
19 Nov 202021min
Import bans, strikes and La Nina
Send us your thoughts! China’s ban on Australian coal imports, strikes in Colombia as well as potential weather disruptions from the La Nina effect have had a major impact on global coal prices. Thi...
12 Nov 202022min
