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Three ways to read the market: Daily updates keep you current in two minutes, Briefings dig into the numbers behind the week's moves, and Editorials tell the long stories of how Europe's power system really behaves. Combine the filters below to narrow what you see. Pick as many as you want at each level.
Daily updatesMarketsHigh gas prices drive European power producers back to coal
Elevated TTF levels are shifting the merit order, making coal competitive again across multiple European bidding zones.
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Daily updatesMarketsNord Pool day-ahead prices fall to record low
Electricity prices on the Nord Pool exchange hit a record-low level, according to Latvia's Public Utilities Commission.
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Daily updatesMarketsEEX reshapes solar futures timing and launches TB power market maker scheme
EEX announced two product changes: amended hours for Solar Block futures and a new market maker initiative for TB Power Futures.
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Daily updatesMarketsEuronext Nord Pool Power Futures goes live
The joint Euronext and Nord Pool power futures venue is now operational, adding a new trading layer to European electricity markets.
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Daily updatesMarketsGas storage shortfall drives European power prices to 3-year high
Tight gas inventories are pushing wholesale electricity prices to levels not seen since 2023, with Baltic spot rates nearing €400/MWh.
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Daily updatesMarketsLithuania hits highest price in more than six months as Nordic markets tighten
Nord Pool data show Lithuanian wholesale power at its highest level in over six months, with Finland also flagging an early-week spike.
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Daily updatesMarketsRising negative prices reshape Europe's solar, storage and PPA markets
S&P Global links wider price spreads to a stronger investment case for batteries and structured renewable contracts.
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Daily updatesMarketsOctopus Energy buys Danish automated power trader BD Energy
The acquisition adds algorithmic short-term trading capability to Octopus's European market operations.
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Daily updatesMarketsEuropean power market headlines: 26 August
Two market updates cross the wire today, covering Finnish power dynamics and a broader European markets rundown.
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Daily updatesMarketsEEX resolves available capacity data delay for DE and AT zones
A data alert delay affecting published available capacity updates for the German and Austrian zones has been fixed, per EEX.
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Daily updatesMarketsLithuania wholesale power price surges 84% in a single week
A sharp weekly spike in the Lithuanian bidding zone highlights the tighter energy market conditions flagged across Europe through 2027.
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Daily updatesMarketsEEX to launch renewable power futures and handysize freight futures
EEX is adding new Renewable Power Futures and additional Handysize Freight Futures to its derivatives suite.
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Daily updatesMarketsLithuania electricity prices spike on Nord Pool
A price spike in the Lithuanian bidding zone was reported by Nord Pool, per Infoerdve.lt.
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Daily updatesMarketsEuronext and Nord Pool to launch Nordic-Baltic power futures market
The two exchanges will jointly operate a new listed futures venue covering Nordic and Baltic bidding zones.
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Daily updatesMarketsUK energy price cap set for three-year high this October
Cornwall Insight forecasts the GB price cap will reach a three-year high, lifting household bills heading into winter.
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Daily updatesMarketsGrid positioning shapes renewable returns beyond LCOE, Aurora argues
Aurora Energy Research says where a project sits on the grid is a key driver of capture prices and overall project returns.
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Daily updatesMarketsRTE éCO2mix market data update: French zone live feed refreshed
RTE published a fresh éCO2mix market data release for the French bidding zone.
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Daily updatesMarketsEEX group monthly volumes for July 2026 released
EEX published its July 2026 exchange-traded power and emissions volume figures.
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Daily updatesMarketsCIP closes $3bn growth fund with $1.6bn deployed across nine deals
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' GMF II reaches final close as clean energy capital allocation accelerates.
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EditorialMarketsSwedenThe summer Malmö stopped paying German prices
Southern Sweden's only direct link to Germany went dark on 21 June. Six weeks later SE4 cleared at €3.70 while Germany paid €94.84.
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