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Montel News - Energy Insights

Montel News - Energy Insights

EU steams ahead with plans to ditch Russian gas

84 views June 16, 2025

The EU aims to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, but how realistic is this? While the...

Montel News - Energy Insights

New nuclear – learning from Finland

94 views June 13, 2025

Several countries, most recently the UK, have announced plans to build new nuclear plants. Some...

Montel News - Energy Insights

Low prices hit northern Norwegian power producers hard

113 views June 09, 2025

Power producers in northern Norway are struggling with a persistent period of unusually low power...

Montel News - Energy Insights

Data centre boom – What can Europe learn from Ireland?

119 views June 06, 2025

Ireland’s ambitions to become a tech hub saw a surge in data centres, mostly clustered around...

Montel News - Energy Insights

Germany pivots to carbon capture and storage to cut...

88 views June 03, 2025

Germany’s new government has different energy priorities from its predecessor. Chancellor...

Montel News - Energy Insights

Spain’s power blackout – A stress test for renewables?

203 views May 27, 2025

April’s massive blackout across Spain and Portugal has re-ignited debate about the rapid rollout...

Energy Insights

Energy Insights

EU steams ahead with plans to ditch Russian gas

84 views June 16, 2025

The EU aims to end Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, but how realistic is this? While the...

Energy Insights

The UK says goodbye to coal power

278 views October 01, 2024

This week marks a historic milestone for the UK as it shuts down the last remaining coal-fired...

Energy Insights

Europe's gas market forecast – bearish or bullish?

619 views September 13, 2024

Price swings on the European gas market are notoriously difficult to predict. With gas storage...

Energy Insights

Gridlocked?

6,916 views December 08, 2023

At COP28, the EU pledged to put EUR 2.3bn towards supporting the International Energy Agency’s...

Energy Insights

Ukraine readies for Russian winter attacks

809 views November 29, 2023

Ukraine is expecting an escalation in Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure this winter,...

Energy Insights

The Iberian Disruption

706 views November 20, 2023

One question facing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s new government will be whether to extend its...

Plugged In – video podcast

Plugged In – video podcast

German regulator talks gas storage, price zone split

79 views April 11, 2025

In this week's episode, the president of the federal network agency discusses the critical issues...

Plugged In – video podcast

Regulating the unpredictable

214 views February 06, 2025

The UK has announced hugely ambitious plans - clean power by 2030. This will involve a massive...

Montel News - Weekly

Montel News - Weekly

The Trump hand grenade

141 views April 25, 2024

The global gas market faces turmoil and increased price volatility should Donald Trump return to...

Montel News - Weekly

UK LNG port to boost supply security

280 views April 12, 2024

Gas will be key to ensuring the UK’s power supply over the coming years, amid a growing reliance...

Montel News - Weekly

Epic problems, epic solutions

267 views February 22, 2024

Over the past decade Germany has experienced serious energy shocks – many of which were of its...

Montel News - Slot 1

Montel News - Slot 1

Germany’s bidding zone dilemma – Less is more?

282 views January 30, 2025

At the end of this month, European transmission grid operators were due to publish their...

Montel News - Slot 1

Nordic renewables – Too much of a good thing?

379 views September 02, 2024

The Nordic region has an abundance of green energy, and very ambitious targets for future growth....

Montel News - Slot 1

The Norwegian GO dilemma – Should it stay, or should it go?

444 views May 27, 2024

When Norway’s current centre-left government took office in 2021, it declared that Norway should...

Montel News - Slot 2

Montel News - Slot 2

Europe urged to tap into domestic gas reserves

234 views March 27, 2025

Europe's energy security challenges have been exposed by recent geopolitical crises, and nowhere...

Montel News - Slot 2

France deal raises concerns over EDF dominance –...

378 views December 12, 2024

The recent collapse of France’s minority government has deepened uncertainty about the future of...

Montel News - Slot 2

Aarhus – Europe’s energy trading hub

1,688 views March 15, 2024

Why have energy trading firms congregated in Denmark’s second city of Aarhus, and what is the...

Montel News - Slot 2

Finland – Europe’s most volatile power market

755 views June 17, 2024

Finland’s power market has seen huge changes over the past couple of years, as a surge in new...

Montel News - Slot 2

Europe’s parliamentary elections – a rebuke for clean...

376 views June 10, 2024

Weekend elections for the European Parliament have delivered a blow to parties most outspoken in...

Montel News - Slot 2

Paid to use power – a sustainable trend?

663 views June 05, 2024

European power markets have witnessed a barrage of negative prices in recent months, and this...

Montel News - 60 seconds

Montel News - 60 seconds

AI boost to short-term power trading

286 views February 28, 2025

The increasing deployment of AI in weather forecasting is set to boost opportunities for...

Montel News - 60 seconds

Germany votes on how to back up renewables

205 views February 20, 2025

Germany will elect a new parliament this weekend after the collapse of a governing coalition of...

Montel News - 60 seconds

EU energy markets ride the wave of populism

195 views February 11, 2025

The rise of populism on both sides of the Atlantic is having an impact on Europe's energy sector...

Montel News - 60 seconds

Britain bids to tackle zombie connections queue

212 views January 15, 2025

Britain faces a paradox with its plans to accelerate grid connections for renewable energy...

Montel News - 60 seconds

The endgame for gas transit via Ukraine?

316 views November 19, 2024

As the expiration of Gazprom’s five-year transit agreement with Ukraine looms, speculation...

Montel News - 60 seconds

Germany braces for winter price surges amid low wind output

300 views November 11, 2024

Germany is set to face wild power price swings this winter. There's one thing that Germans fear...

Montel Weekly

Montel Weekly

Montel Weekly podcast – Will carbon’s bogeymen return?

1,848 views May 25, 2023

Increased renewables generation and lower gas prices will add pressure to European carbon prices...

Montel Weekly

Montel Weekly Podcast – Controversial aid for German...

2,814 views May 24, 2023

Germany’s plans to cap electricity prices for industry at EUR 60/MWh until 2030 is creating...

Green Week 2023

Green Week 2023

Carbon talk

133 views March 08, 2023

Green Week 2023

Power Market in the UK

357 views March 09, 2023

Part of Greenweek 2023, we take a look at the power market in the UK.

Green Week 2023

Focus on Italy

399 views March 09, 2023

Greenweek 2023 - looking at power in Italy