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Through the winter, water values for NO2 are priced against the expensive gas hours on the Continent.

French hydro reservoirs are currently at around a 57% filling rate, even lower than during the drought year of 2022.

Norway’s power surplus is diminishing over the next 10 years, while European power prices remain volatile.

Almost every hour of the last five winters, the Oslo price area has been a net importer.

NO2 has changed how it trades electricity across the day during summer.

NO2 is at around a 48% filling rate — the lowest for this time of year since 1996, below both

German solar has flipped the NordLink cable.

It has been crunch time since European gas storage levels hit seven-year lows in June, and the gap has widened

Of all five European solar eclipses during the last decade, only the one on 12 August 2026 moved power prices

French hydro reservoirs are currently at around 85% of normal, almost exactly where they were this week in 2022.

Even the wettest autumn on record would only just refill NO2 reservoirs to normal by the end of 2026.

Today, the river hit 25 cm, matching the all-time low set in October 2018 and falling even lower than during

Silje Eriksen Holmen, Head of Fundamentals & Hydrology at Volt Power Analytics, was recently quoted in a Bloomberg News article

Our long-term price forecast points to a doubling of Danish power consumption, from 40 to 80 TWh annually, between 2025

Europe has just experienced a heat wave. Portugal hit 40.3°C on May 27, France recorded its hottest May day ever,

We’ve just added Italy to our hydro reservoir map – all seven bidding zones, tracked weekly as a percentage of

Southern Norway is running dry compared to normal, with NO2 and NO5 at just 63% of normal reservoir levels and

Norway has water in the north and a drought in the south — and the grid can’t bridge the gap.

If you’ve worked in Nordic power markets, you’ve likely come across Olav Johan Botnen’s name. Now a Power Market Expert

At Volt Power Analytics, we’ve been building Energy Maps to make it easier to get a clear overview of European

Solar PV is fundamentally reshaping how Germany’s fossil fleet operates during the summer months.

While Southern Norway is seeing prices fall midday thanks to strong solar production on the continent and the start of

Norway sits at the top of Europe with approximately 99% renewable generation according to historical data from Ember. But unlike

In four of the last seven years, German wind production has fallen short of what installed capacity would historically have

Investing in young talent has always been a core part of how we build Volt. How we work is changing,

Today we’re welcoming Silje Eriksen Holmen to Volt Power Analytics as our new Head of Fundamentals and Hydrology.

Four out of five Norwegian price areas are running below last year’s hydrological balance at this point in the season

Since mid-January, European carbon markets have seen a significant correction.

It’s been a great month for the team. After welcoming Simón, we’re also very happy to introduce Håvard Tørå Olsen,

We’re thrilled to welcome Simón Norambuena to Volt Power Analytics as our Director of Continental Europe Power Markets.

Following the cold snap in early 2026, the hydrological deficit in NO2 has widened to around -13 TWh according to

NO2 could be heading for one of its first quarters with net imports as the hydrological balance sits 10.5 TWh

This year’s winner of Årets Kraftkvinne has been announced as Volt Power Analytics’ founder and Managing Director, Katinka Bogaard.

We are thrilled to announce that our Managing Director and Head of Analysis, Katinka Bogaard, has been named a finalist

A high-pressure system over the Nordics is causing very low wind power output tomorrow, Tuesday. Spot prices in most areas

Earlier this quarter, we carried out an in depth assessment of how a potential division of NO4 into two bidding

This week, Katinka Bogaard had the pleasure to present at Eyde-dagen after Ingvill Heskestad Mykland at Å Energi where we

We are extremely proud to see our own Katinka recognized alongside other leading figures in the energy market.

On 20. nov. 2025, our Managing Director, Katinka Bogaard, travelled to Trondheim to present at Nordenfjeldske’s Førjulskonferanse. Volt’s presentation, Future

As temperatures drop, river-based hydropower output in SE1 and SE2 is being curtailed to prepare stable ice conditions for the

On Thursday 20th November Volt Power Analytics‘s Founder, Katinka Bogaard, will speak in Trondheim from 14:55 to 15:15, covering the

We have to look far back in the historical record to find a previous occasion when NO2 was the lowest

Rystad Energy had the pleasure of hosting the New Energy Women event, bringing together women from across the energy sector

As winter approaches, NO3 (Trondheim region) enters its high-price season with reservoirs still 89,6% full. Despite the new power line

Tracking power prices, demand, fuel costs and generation data across Europe shouldn´t require ten logins and twenty CSVs. The Volt

Strong winds and surging run-of-river hydro generation pushed spot prices across a large part of Europe downwards, with Norway’s NO1,

We are moving out of a historic low-price period in NO3 with Q3-25 delivered at just 10.6 øre/kWh into a

There is a lot of talk how renewables is reshaping the power sector, and one key impact is how the

Southern Norway (NO1, NO2, NO5): Steep increase in reservoir levels in Southern Norway on high precipitation levels the last weeks.

Whether advising on hydropower upgrades, offshore wind investments, or price volatility in Southern Norway, Volt Power Analytics empowers consultancies with:

In Southern Norway (NO2), a dry summer has left reservoirs stuck at 50–60%. Producers are conserving water, expecting prices of

The Hourly Price Forward Curve (HPFC) is a key tool in power market modeling. It lets you bridge the gap

Gas prices for the front of the forward curve fell by more than 5 EUR/MWh upon closing yesterday, triggered by

The pace of deployment of batteries in Germany and across Europe is ramping up, but will the level of deployment

Spot prices in Southern Norway are rising, with NO2 now leading as the most expensive price zone in the Nordics.

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

The price impact is more limited when looking further out on the curve, as electrolyser demand increases in surrounding price

Over to Finland now, and after a substantial build out of onshore wind over the last years, capture rates have

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

After a winter characterized by weather-related outliers of extreme precipitation and periods of very mild and windy weather, Northern Scandinavia

A hot topic discussed quite extensively and often in Norway, is if Norway will maintain a power surplus or not

Over the past years it has become increasingly important for Norwegian power producers to be aware of the central European

Today’s Norwegian spot prices place NO3 between the higher-priced southern areas (NO1, NO2, and NO5) and the very low-priced NO4

Southern Norway and Sweden saw really high prices driven by low Continental and Nordic wind power production and cold weather

Spot prices in the Nordics have reached record highs, with Denmark experiencing a peak price of 936 EUR/MWh tomorrow. Low

Cold weather throughout Sweden has caused river icing, affecting hydro power and a reduction in wind power. Freezing temperatures are

Following recent weeks of very wet and mild weather, reservoir levels in Norway and Sweden have climbed to high levels

Booming solar PV production across Europe has led to dwindling capture prices and rates. Our solar PV capture price based

We recently conducted a scenario analysis in which the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant in Finland experienced an unplanned outage

High Reservoir Filling Levels in NO2 and High Spot Prices? Last Wednesday, NVE reported the highest reservoir level in South

The European Energy Landscape Is Changing: The Power Situation Year on Year Throughout Europe Can Be Drastically Different. From May

A new plan published last autumn for the electrification of two offshore oil platforms in Norway would connect a 142-kilometer

By Katinka Bogaard, Olav Johan Botnen, William Bjønness, and Odd Gunnar Jakobsen The Viking Link cable connecting Western Denmark and the UK