European electricity markets buoyed by higher gas and CO2 prices

Prices in European electricity markets rose in the third week of August. The increase in gas and CO2 prices, together with the general decrease in wind energy production and the increase in demand due to higher average temperatures, favored the price increase in all European electricity markets. The week’s average TTF gas and CO2 prices were 6.1% and 4.2% higher, respectively, than the previous week. In the week of August 14, electricity demand increased in the Central and Northern European markets and decreased in the Southern European markets analysed by Aleasoft compared to the previous week. The strongest rise, of […]