Alexandre Danthine

Insights on electricity markets throughout Europe

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Spain Monthly Electricity Market Report — May 2026

Solar curtailment doubles, Nuclear drops out of the Phase 1 stack, and the EU approves a €9 billion capacity market

Jun 19•Alexandre Danthine

Do you need an asset to trade in the intraday market?

Feb 26•Alexandre Danthine

Spain's Grid Congestion, the Hidden Cost Behind Day Ahead Prices

Jul 10, 2025•Alexandre Danthine

How Do Spanish Renewable Aggregators Actually Bid? A Day-Ahead Market Deep Dive

Mar 13•Alexandre Danthine

Who is actually making Spain's balancing market?

Jun 4•Alexandre Danthine

Where the Spanish balancing market actually pays a premium over the wholesale price

May 28•Alexandre Danthine

Monthly Technical Restrictions Report — April 2026

In April 2026, the grid operator redispatched 2,330 GWh upward in the day-ahead phase and curtailed 2,074 GWh of renewables in Phase 2, a clear easing…

May 21•Alexandre Danthine

One Price to Rule Them All: A Primer on Spanish mFRR

Why this market is becoming the centre of gravity in European balancing, and what changed when Spain joined MARI on 10 December 2024

May 8•Alexandre Danthine

Spain Monthly Electricity Market Report — March 2026

A +240 EUR/MWh real-time spread and what it tells you about Spanish flexibility value

Apr 16•Alexandre Danthine

The Death of Inelastic Demand

The textbook assumption is breaking down, and it's reshaping how prices form

Apr 13•Alexandre Danthine

How to Think About Negative Electricity Prices: From Macro Trends to Fundamental Drivers

What drives negative bids in the Spanish day-ahead market, and how to forecast them

Apr 2•Alexandre Danthine

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Alexandre Danthine

Insights on electricity markets throughout Europe.