Montel News - Energy Insights

Montel News - Energy Insights

Pumping hydro to boost UK power grid resilience

126 views May 14, 2025

The UK will need an increasing amount of dispatchable energy supply to balance the electricity...

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EU coal imports face bumpy path to oblivion

191 views May 05, 2025

Europe’s appetite for thermal coal remains in structural decline, amid widespread plant closures...

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Living on a high wire - A French balancing act?

196 views April 30, 2025

France is living on a high wire as it increasingly resorts to expensive methods to cope with...

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Will Germany’s immense infrastructure debt help...

263 views April 08, 2025

After Germany amended its constitution in mid-March to allow for 500 bn EUR in debt for...

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Germany’s new government to prioritise cheaper...

234 views April 04, 2025

After winning a general election on 23 February, Germany’s centre-right Christian Union (CDU/CSU)...

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New Nordic back-up scheme sparks uncertainty

215 views March 25, 2025

The cost of balancing the Nordic power market has risen considerably since the region launched a...

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Spain’s solar boom – A victim of its own success?

275 views March 20, 2025

After rapid growth in recent years, Spain is starting to witness a slowdown in renewables...

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EU ban on Russian LNG reloads may boost supply...

222 views March 13, 2025

On the 26 March, the EU will impose a ban on the transhipment of Russian LNG at European ports....

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Norway’s energy minister shrugs off criticism...

309 views March 07, 2025

Norway’s minority government plans to introduce a fixed power price of EUR 34/MWh from 1 October,...

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German wind power set to boom as solar struggles

318 views February 14, 2025

While solar power developers in Germany are under pressure to find new ways of marketing or even...

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Baltic TSOs confident about cutting power ties...

183 views February 07, 2025

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania’s long-planned disconnection from the Russian power system is...

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Germany’s bidding zone dilemma – Less is more?

321 views January 30, 2025

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