energy Prices – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:26:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 When Germany Can’t Give it Away: Negative-Price Power Hours https://energytransition.org/2023/03/when-germany-cant-give-it-away-negative-price-power-hours/ https://energytransition.org/2023/03/when-germany-cant-give-it-away-negative-price-power-hours/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 08:00:22 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27993 In 2022, negative prices occurred during 69 of the total of 8,760 hourly prices in German day-ahead trading. Last year, there were 139 cases of hours when utilities had to pay to give away electricity. This adds to the high price of electricity in Germany, but it doesn’t explain it. Paul Hockenos has the details. Pumped-storage power station, Rönkhausen, Germany. (Photo by Dr.G.Schmitz, CC BY-SA 3.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2023/03/when-germany-cant-give-it-away-negative-price-power-hours/feed/ 0 A recipe for the cold https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:00:01 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27769 The embargo on raw materials from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine exposed weaknesses in the Polish energy system as well as political errors. For many in Poland, this winter will serve as a reminder of communist-era shortages. Michał Olszewski has the details Local governments announced switching off street lighting for energy savings. (Photo by Janusz Maniak, CC0) Five million tonnes of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/a-recipe-for-the-cold/feed/ 0 Critical juncture: Poland’s government greenlights the country’s first nuclear power plant https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27679 The Polish government has taken a first step towards realizing its nuclear energy aspirations – building a reactor with a total capacity of 9 GW by the year 2043. At the beginning of November, an agreement was signed with the American, Pittsburg-based company Westinghouse to build its first nuclear project on the Baltic coast. It marks a significant pivot in the Polish energy transition.

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