From montelnews.com
ÜNB verzeichnen 161 GW an Batterie-Anschlussanfragen
1 7
„Wir werden gerade überrollt von einem Tsunami an Anschlussbegehren”, sagte Thomas Dederichs, Leiter Strategie und Energiepolitik beim Übertragungsnetzbetreiber Amprion in diesem Monat in Berlin. Montel hat daraufhin die vier deutschen Übertragungsnetzbetreiber kontaktiert und sich einen...
#UNB #kritis #energie #batteriespeicher #netzanschlussfragen #ubertragungsnetzbetreiber
on Nov 5
From montelnews.com
EU shouldn’t fund large nuclear – energy chief candidate
0 0
But he would include nuclear in a planned EU clean investment strategy as the bloc would not be able to reach its decarbonisation targets without it, he said during his confirmation hearing – a public job interview – before the parliament’s energy committee late on Tuesday. “Nuclear is and will
on Nov 8
From montelnews.com
ÜNB verzeichnen 161 GW an Batterie-Anschlussanfragen
0 0
„Wir werden gerade überrollt von einem Tsunami an Anschlussbegehren”, sagte Thomas Dederichs, Leiter Strategie und Energiepolitik beim Übertragungsnetzbetreiber Amprion in diesem Monat in Berlin. Montel hat daraufhin die vier deutschen Übertragungsnetzbetreiber kontaktiert und sich einen...
on Nov 8
From montelnews.com
La subasta de eólica marina se retrasará a finales de 2025 – AEE
0 0
El lobby espera que el ministerio de Transición Ecológica anuncie la convocatoria de la primera subasta eólica en el primer trimestre del año que viene, y que se realice una consulta pública al respecto en abril y mayo, dijo Juan Virgilio Márquez en una rueda de prensa para presentar el
on Nov 7
From montelnews.com
Vattenfall tystlåtna om stängd kärnkraft trots högre spotpris
0 0
”Vi har inget nytt att säga, så vi avböjer en intervju”, skriver bolagets pressavdelning till Montel. Det var i söndags som Vattenfall, via operatören Forsmark, valde att stänga ner Forsmark 2 till följd av blåsigt, och för årstiden mycket milt väder, vilket fick spotpriserna i Sverige att rasa....
on Oct 28
From montelnews.com
Costly, intransparent GOs “a difficult sell” – industry
0 0
For power-intensive sectors like aluminium, purchasing these certificates added significant costs, posing financial challenges as such firms needed affordable energy, they said. Aluminium giant Alcoa, for instance, did not use GOs, since the certificates were “market based”, it said, which meant...
on Oct 17
From montelnews.com
French nuclear modulation raises outage risk – study
0 0
“Modulation increases the “wear and tear” effect, possibly leading to higher… maintenance costs”, as well as “higher risks for unplanned outages,” said the report co-authored by Kpler’s power vice president Emeric de Vigan and energy analyst Alessandro Armenia. Despite its advantages with...
on Oct 8
From montelnews.com
EC rebuffs claim Ukraine war key to Greek power price spikes
0 0
Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged the EC to take action last week as he said Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure had contributed to power prices in southeast Europe more than doubling this summer. EC president Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels that other...
on Sep 22
From montelnews.com
Italy’s 1st agrivoltaic auction oversubscribed on “generous” aid
0 0
Bids for larger agrivoltaics – the dual use of land for solar energy and farming – with capacity of more than 1 MW totalled 1,550 MW, more than doubling the 740 MW announced for the tender held last week, according to data from Italy’s energy ministry. Meanwhile, smaller projects of up to 1 MW...
on Sep 12
From montelnews.com
Italian foundries call for single European power price
0 0
Such scheme would prevent the competitive disadvantage faced by Italian companies and provide a level playing field for companies across the continent, the Italian foundries’ association Assofond said late on Monday.
on Sep 8
From montelnews.com
“Subsidy for UK nuclear build calls funding into question”
0 1
“I think there’s a lot of uncertainty about it,” Paul Dorfman, visiting professor at the UK’s University of Sussex, told Montel. “There are questions around what does it actually mean and will that money be drawn up before 2025 [when a final investment decision is expected].” “Clearly the decision is
on Sep 5
From montelnews.com
EDF extends heat-related warning cuts at 3 nuclear plants
0 1
EDF could curb output at 3.6 GW Tricastin, 3.6 GW Bugey and 2.6 GW St Alban, the state-owned utility said on Thursday. Weather service Meteo France has forecast temperatures to intensify in southeast France over the next few days, with peaks reaching 35C. At some power plants, EDF uses river water
on Aug 10
From montelnews.com
Russian “dark fleet” ship may be loading at Arctic LNG 2
0 0
The vessel was likely to be the Pioneer, chartered by Russia’s main LNG producer Novatek, with a capacity of 138,000 cubic meters of LNG, or 0.085bcm, according to Oslo-based vessel-tracking analytics firm Eikland Energy. It had been berthed in the Arctic LNG 2 terminal since last Thursday and was still
on Aug 7
From montelnews.com
France sets net power export record in H1 – TSO
0 0
The volume of net exports was “close to the annual consumption of a country like Portugal”, RTE said, due to France exporting more power than importing every day in the January-June period, including during winter. “If this trend continues in the second half of the year, the annual net export
on Aug 5
From montelnews.com
Power boom in heating to alleviate cannibalisation in Finland
0 0
Montel was in contact with 15 major Finnish heat producers and determined that their current investments will raise electrical boiler capacity in Finland to over 1.5 GW by 2026, up from 0.5 GW currently. The boom in these small and relatively inexpensive boilers is fuelled partly by a tight biomass
on Jul 23
From montelnews.com
Le coréen KHNP bat EDF pour des réacteurs en Tchéquie
0 0
L’appel d’offres, lancé en 2022, portait sur deux unités à construire dans la centrale nucléaire existante de Dukovany (2 GW), exploitée par le groupe Cez. Un porte-parole de Cez a également confirmé les résultats de l’appel d’offres à Montel. « Notre objectif était de trouver une solution qui...
on Jul 18
From montelnews.com
European fossil-fired generation slides to record Q2 low
0 0
The report, published on Tuesday, pointed to “record high solar generation, the largest wind output ever seen in a second quarter, and generally high renewable generation”. Fossil fuel generation was down by nearly a quarter compared with the same period last year, with both gas and coal...
on Jul 17
From montelnews.com
Shell hoppar av e-bränsleprojekt (250 MW) i Forsmark
0 0
”Vattenfall och Shell har enats om att pausa samarbetet,” skriver Vattenfall på sin webbplats och hänvisar till att bolagen har olika syn på hur snabbt produktionen av elektrobränslen kan komma igång. Det så kallade HySkies-projektet i Forsmark inleddes år 2021 med mål om att börja produktion av...
on Jul 11
From montelnews.com
Whistleblowers sound insider trading alarm on German power
0 0
The allegations centre on the signals grid operators send to select companies qualified to provide balancing energy. Such energy keeps power lines stable by ironing out sudden deviations between supply and demand. This can happen when a power plant fails, or when solar or wind veers abruptly...
on Jul 2
From montelnews.com
Decoupling causes huge spot power price variations
0 0
The German day-ahead price at Epex settled at EUR 492.04/MWh, the highest since 1 September 2022, while the result at the Nord Pool and EXAA exchanges, which remained in the SDAC, was only EUR 103.01/MWh and in line with expectations. Austrian day-ahead prices also traded at a huge premium at
on Jun 26
From montelnews.com
Spot-Entkopplung führt zu hohen Preisunterschieden
0 0
Der deutsche Day-Ahead erreichte an der Epex Spot, die die Auktion wegen technischer Probleme verschieben musste, 492,04 EUR/MWh, das höchste Niveau seit dem 1. September 2022. Das technische Problem hatte zu einer teilweisen Entkopplung der Epex Spot von der europäischen Marktkopplung geführt....
on Jun 26
From montelnews.com
Le 3e parc éolien en mer français (497 MW) est en service
0 0
EDF et ses partenaires EIH et Skyborn Renewables s’étaient vu attribuer le projet de Fécamp d’un coût de EUR 2 milliards en 2012 avec un tarif d’achat de l’électricité produite de EUR 135,20/MWh pendant 20 ans. Le parc devrait produire environ 1,8 TWh par an pendant 25 ans. La semaine
on Jun 26
From montelnews.com
Decoupling causes huge spot power price variations
0 0
The German day-ahead price at Epex settled at EUR 492.04/MWh, the highest since 1 September 2022, while the result at the Nord Pool and EXXA exchanges, which remained in the SDAC, was only EUR 103.01/MWh and in line with expectations. Austrian day-ahead prices also traded at a huge premium at
on Jun 25
From montelnews.com
EDF to stop 3 reactors (3.1 GW) from today amid strong wind
0 0
Cruas 2 (915 MW) will be stopped today at 17:00 CET and remain offline until Monday at 00:00. Golfech 2 (1.3 GW) and Tricastin 1 (915 MW) will be stopped from Friday at 00:00 and 03:30 respectively and remain offline until Monday at 00:00. The planning and duration of these
on Jun 25
From montelnews.com
German intraday power hits EUR 9,999/MWh ceiling
0 0
Prices on the Epex Spot exchange’s continuous market for 15-minute blocs of power in Germany reached the ceiling from 09:00-11:00 CET. A growing shortfall of power could be observed in Germany from the early hours of the morning as solar energy increasingly departed from its scheduled output. By...
on Jun 5
From montelnews.com
Smart-Meter-Mangel bremst dynamische Tarife – Anbieter
0 0
„In Deutschland geht der Rollout nur schleppend voran, sodass wir in privaten Haushalten gerade einmal eine Smart-Meter-Abdeckung von etwa ein Prozent haben“, sagte Merlin Lauenburg, Geschäftsführer Tibber Deutschland. Damit könne in Deutschland auch nur eine sehr begrenzte Anzahl an Menschen...
on May 7
From montelnews.com
EDF will need financial support for 6 new reactors – CEO
0 0
“The amounts to be raised on the financial markets are colossal and exceed the capacity of a company, even one that is 100% state-owned, to raise under today's financial market rules,” Luc Remont told a parliamentary hearing. Last month, French newspaper Les Echos reported EDF had upped the...
on Apr 11
From montelnews.com
RTE prendra pleinement en compte l’EPR à partir de 2027
0 0
Toutefois, le gestionnaire de réseau (GRT) comptabilisera dans ses études l’électricité produite par le réacteur, qui n’aura pas atteint sa puissance maximale, dès 2024. Le GRT tient compte des phases de test et des arrêts « spécifiques à n’importe quelle nouvelle grande installation, et encore...
on Apr 9
From montelnews.com
EDF confirms cracks on 1.3 GW Paluel 2 reactor
0 0
Questioned by a parliamentary committee late on Thursday, Lewandowski said the French state-run firm had “recently” found traces of corrosion at its Blayais 4 (910 MW) and Paluel 2 reactors. He gave no further details. Contacted by Montel, an EDF spokeswoman confirmed the firm had found cracks...
on Apr 8
From montelnews.com
Funding issue may blow Italy’s offshore wind plans off course
0 0
“Offshore plants risk not being built” unless incentives recently outlined by the government were raised, said Simone Togni, president of wind association ANEV. He pointed to the country’s 110 GW of pending offshore wind authorisations, 100 GW of which were floating projects due to the depth of...
on Apr 5
From montelnews.com
EDF found cracks at Blayais 2 before sister unit
0 0
EDF said earlier this month it had found cracks at Blayais 4 but did not mention a similar discovery at Blayais 2. 5mm cracksAt a meeting late on Wednesday attended by Montel, EDF’s technical director at Blayais, Christophe Depasse, told local experts, union officials and others that the company found
on Mar 22