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Summer Sun Powers Up Battery Storage Activity Across Europe
The pace of deployment of batteries in Germany and across Europe is ramping up, but will the level of deployment

Southern Norway Faces a Power Price Surge – Are We Heading Towards a Summer Supply Squeeze?
Spot prices in Southern Norway are rising, with NO2 now leading as the most expensive price zone in the Nordics.

Record low solar PV capture rates foreseen for May
2024 saw record low solar PV capture rates in Germany. Build-out has continued with 17 GW added year-on-year in the

Increasing momentum for offshore wind site Utsira Nord, and how much will it dampen power prices?
The price impact is more limited when looking further out on the curve, as electrolyser demand increases in surrounding price

Record low capture rates in Finland for onshore wind in March 2025
Over to Finland now, and after a substantial build out of onshore wind over the last years, capture rates have

Are Nordic power prices that high?
While power prices have been higher than “normal”, we often read in the media that the interconnectors have increased prices

Extreme hydrological oversupply brings water values in NO4 and SE1 close to 0 EUR/MWh
After a winter characterized by weather-related outliers of extreme precipitation and periods of very mild and windy weather, Northern Scandinavia

The Norwegian Power Balance Going Ahead Depends Strongly on the Hydrological Situation
A hot topic discussed quite extensively and often in Norway, is if Norway will maintain a power surplus or not

What is the role of German batteries in Europe, particularly the Nordics?
Volt Power Analytics has analysed the effects of German battery capacity build out on solar pv capture prices in the

Above Average: Why Hourly Price Forward Curves Matter
With booming hourly price volatility, market prices have become too simplistic as they represent only the average price over the

How Impacted will Small Norwegian Hydropower Projects be from Future Continental Renewable Generation?
Over the past years it has become increasingly important for Norwegian power producers to be aware of the central European

Norway Spot Prices 30.01.2025: NO3 stuck in the middle?
Today’s Norwegian spot prices place NO3 between the higher-priced southern areas (NO1, NO2, and NO5) and the very low-priced NO4