Montel News - Energy Insights

Montel News - Energy Insights

A slowdown in European negative power prices?

353 views April 25, 2025

Power consumers in central and southeastern Europe may see a decrease in the instances when they...

Montel News - Energy Insights

Have French politicians lost the energy plot?

136 views June 27, 2025

Some French politicians appear determined to drive the country off the road to carbon neutrality...

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EU steams ahead with plans to ditch Russian gas

144 views June 16, 2025

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

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New nuclear – learning from Finland

124 views June 13, 2025

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

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Low prices hit northern Norwegian power...

132 views June 09, 2025

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

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Data centre boom – What can Europe learn from...

147 views June 06, 2025

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

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Germany pivots to carbon capture and storage to...

106 views June 03, 2025

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

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Spain’s power blackout – A stress test for...

235 views May 27, 2025

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

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Italian data centres shift to medium-voltage grid

150 views May 23, 2025

As data centre demand surges across Italy, operators are making a strategic shift in how they...

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Complexity slows key EU power market reform

142 views May 19, 2025

European market operators have agreed to postpone a move from hourly to quarterly trading windows...

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Pumping hydro to boost UK power grid resilience

117 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

180 views May 05, 2025

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