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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 updatesSolarQair wins consent for 98 MW Scottish solar site with 100 MW BESS
The South Lanarkshire project is Scotland's largest permitted PV development and pairs generation with grid-scale storage.
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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 updatesSolarGülermak acquires 69 MW Powidz 2 solar project in Poland
The ready-to-build site is slated for construction in 2027, expanding Gülermak's renewable footprint in Central Europe.
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Daily updatesSolarSpain added 10.1 GW of solar in 2025 as capture prices weigh on pipeline
UNEF data shows ground-mounted PV led with 8.97 GW, but falling captured prices are raising pressure on new project economics.
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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 updatesSolarIrish summer solar generation jumps 58% as 1.3 GW peak set in August
Grid-scale solar hit a new record peak this summer, underlining rapid capacity buildout across the Irish zone.
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Daily updatesSolarEU solar on track for 68.1 GW in 2026 despite grid and policy drag
SolarPower Europe reports 33.8 GW deployed in H1 2026, putting the full year 2.1% below the 2025 record.
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Daily updatesSolarEnerparc files for insolvency months after €1 bn financing deal
The German solar developer entered preliminary insolvency proceedings at the parent-company level on 8 September 2026.
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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 updatesSolarAlight commissions 101 MW solar park in Finland
The Eurajoki solar park is online, with a co-located BESS planned for next year.
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Daily updatesSolarIberian solar ancillary services participation lifts revenues up to 35%
Aurora Energy Research finds solar assets active in ancillary services in Iberia can earn up to 35% more than those that do not.
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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 updatesSolarPortugal's 220 MW Solara4 enters administration as price pressure bites
Welink Energy Portugal 2 UK cited weak generation, low wholesale prices, technical issues and rising costs as cash flow collapsed.
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