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BriefingsBESSSpainSpanish BESS spread hits €237/MWh: a 148% premium to baseline
The 27 July 2026 intraday spread in the ES zone reached the 99th percentile of a 730-day sample, z-score 3.86.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsBESSSpainSpanish BESS spread hits 99.9th percentile in W31 2026
The 7-day mean daily spread in the ES zone reached €178.8/MWh: 87.6% above the 733-day baseline of €95.3/MWh and a z-score of 3.29.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsBESSPortugalPortuguese BESS spread hits €185.56/MWh, 99th percentile of 733-week history
The 7-day mean daily spread in the PT zone reached €185.56/MWh on 2026-08-10, nearly double its long-run baseline.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsMarketsSE4 July 2026: highest YoY price swing in Europe at +88.9%
SE4 averaged €78.22/MWh in July 2026, up 88.9% from €41.42/MWh a year earlier, the largest YoY gain across all tracked zones.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsTwenty-seven hours below zero: DK1's June 2026 negative-price surge
DK1 logged 27 negative-price hours in June 2026, anchoring a contiguous corridor with Germany's 41 and the Netherlands' 50.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsMarketsDK1DK1 June 2026: negative hours collapse 77 % year-on-year
27 negative hours in June 2026 versus 116 at baseline, a z-score of -3.34 across 37 months of history.
By Vantage Editorial
BriefingsMarketsGermanyGerman negative-price hours collapsed 71 % in June 2026
At 41 hours, DE recorded its lowest June negative-price count in the 37-month sample, a z-score of −3.57.
By Vantage Editorial