Montel News - Energy Insights

Montel News - Energy Insights

Pumping hydro to boost UK power grid resilience

141 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

215 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?

217 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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Germany’s new government to prioritise cheaper...

338 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

242 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?

309 views March 20, 2025

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

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Norway’s energy minister shrugs off criticism...

355 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

333 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...

213 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?

348 views January 30, 2025

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

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EU energy market integration – A realistic goal?

326 views January 28, 2025

As Italy pushes for a unified EU energy market to combat rising industrial costs, experts warn...

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Norway’s onshore wind plan halted – A long-term...

292 views January 13, 2025

Norway’s onshore wind industry has gone from boom to bust over the past five years amid strong...