TRADING

Montenegro set to pioneer Energy Community market coupling

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Maja Žuvela

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Montenegro is on track to become the first Energy Community party to align its energy legislation with the EU and couple its electricity market with Italy, the head of the Energy C...

Serbia to invite bids for November renewables auction

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Maja Žuvela

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Serbia plans to soon invite bidders for a second round of renewables auctions, which will allocate market premiums for wind and solar capacity in November, according to an advisor ...

Erroneous report sends gas prices into tailspin

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Laurence Walker, Montel

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A report late on Thursday that Azerbaijan would continue to transit gas via Ukraine sent prices into a tailspin – with the TTF reaching an eight-week low – but the news has been co...

Bid deadline for 200 MW Greek battery tender set for 15 Dec

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Montel

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The Greek energy ministry has opened a public tender for 200 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity with a bid deadline of 15 December, an official document released ...

Oil eases as US optimism cools but set for weekly gain

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Luke Roshan, Montel

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Oil prices eased slightly in early Friday trading amid fears over the US economy but remained on track to end the week higher on heightened tensions in the Middle East....

Gas prices continue rebound off 8-week low

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Kjersti Dalfest, Montel

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European gas prices continued to rise on Friday after a report over a Ukraine gas transit deal that sent the TTF to an eight-week low was confirmed to be incorrect....

FOCUS

EC rebuffs claim Ukraine war key to Greek power price spikes

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Siobhan Hall, Montel

Photo: Alenka Lena Klopčič

The European Commission on Thursday rejected Greece’s claim that Russia’s war on Ukraine was a key driver of the country’s recent power price spikes, instead pointing to other fact...

EN.VISION

End to Ukraine gas transit won’t risk supply – EU official

Date: 20.09.2024 Author: Fatima Sadouki, Montel

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The expiry of a gas transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia’s Gazprom at the end of the year will not result in any shortage of supply in Europe, an EU official said on Thursd...

Articles of the day

Unfair tariffs curb Trans-Balkan gas route – Energy Community

Date: 18.09.2024 Author: Maja Žuvela

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Excessive tariffs hamper the operation of the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline which could be used for reverse flows between southern Europe and Ukraine, participants of the Energy Commun...

SEE politics among power price drivers – Energy Community

Date: 16.09.2024 Author: Montel

Photo: Montel

Limitations on cross-zonal capacity driven by political factors, such as between Serbia and Kosovo, were among the factors supporting power prices in southeast Europe (SEE) over th...

Slovenian power imports could soar on Sostanj curbs – TSO

Date: 11.09.2024 Author: Valerija Hozjan, Peter Palčec

Photo: Ana Vučina Vršnak

Slovenia’s power imports could rise by up to 40% in 2025 due to financial issues forcing the 600 MW Sostanj coal-fired plant to curb production, the head of the country’s electrici...