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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 updatesPolicyNorth Sea transition risks workforce losses without faster action
A taskforce warns that emerging energy industries are not scaling fast enough to absorb workers leaving fossil-fuel roles in the North Sea.
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Daily updatesPolicyEDF targets 10 small nuclear plants across Europe by 2035
The French utility is pushing SMR deployment continent-wide as nuclear policy momentum builds in several European 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 updatesPolicyItaly moves to protect national ownership of hydro assets
Rome signals it will resist foreign acquisition of hydropower plants as concession renewal debates intensify across Europe.
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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 updatesPolicyRomania puts €650 million behind solar-plus-storage at public buildings
New subsidy schemes cover up to 100% of installation costs; calls for proposals open 11 September 2026.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU's Russian energy exit is faltering, auditors warn
European Court of Auditors says the bloc's plan to end Russian energy dependence is off track.
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Daily updatesPolicyLatvia raises battery floor to 10 kWh in expanded €85 m rebate scheme
Riga lifts minimum supported battery capacity and increases grant levels after 15,700 projects were approved under the existing programme.
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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 updatesPolicyBNetzA clears German grid without coal-fired operation ban
Germany's network regulator confirmed coal plants need not be barred from running, signalling the grid remains adequately covered.
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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 updatesPolicyBelgium must scale renewables even under high nuclear scenario, Aurora finds
A 33% demand increase by 2040 means renewables are not optional, regardless of Belgium's nuclear build-out path.
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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 updatesPolicyPolish nuclear policy back in focus as Aurora weighs plant prospects
Aurora Energy Research examines the outlook for Polish nuclear power in a new report.
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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 updatesPolicyNorthern Ireland renewable price guarantee gets green light
Aurora Energy Research flags approval of the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee for Northern Ireland.
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