The Freeze is On

03 December 2010



Artic temperatures played havoc with the UK Power Spot markets this week which witnessed extreme volatility and cashout prices regularly exceed £100/MWh (even hitting £480.30/MWh at the start of the week).

Artic temperatures played havoc with the UK Power Spot markets this week which witnessed extreme volatility and cashout prices regularly exceed £100/MWh (even hitting £480.30/MWh at the start of the week). System tightness as well as demand volatilit contributing to uncertainty all helped to drive prices in the spot market. Further out on the UK Power curve, contracts remained largely unaffected with Winters 11 and 12 finishing off the week at £51.40 and £51.90/MWh respectively. read more ...

Weather continues to dominate  

10 December 2010


Tight margin concerns resulted in Spot prices reaching highs for nearly two years. The cold weather conditions were the driving force though supply issues compounded the situation.  read more...

Confidence Returns to Market  

20 December 2010


Despite a continuation of cold conditions, confidence was seen returning to the market with a stabilisation of spot prices and comfortable system margins. There was some focus on the curve with seasonal contracts all reporting some gain on the previous weeks levels apart form Summer 13.  read more...


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