Andreas Lochner is an Editor Germany at Montel News Iberia. He specializes in energy and mining, focusing on energy trading, renewable energy, energy policy and regulation, and energy sustainability. His insights and expertise have been featured in various publications, including Montel News Iberia.
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(Montel) Germany's economy ministry plans to cancel all offshore wind auctions in 2026, after failing to attract sufficient bids last year, a ministry spokesperson confirmed to Montel.
(Montel) Germany should invest in foreign LNG projects by forming joint ventures with utilities to bring down gas purchase costs and increase supply security, the country's gas and hydrogen lobby group said on Tuesday.
(Montel) Germany's THE gas trading hub has a relaxed view regarding the rest of this winter in terms of supply even though storage levels are at record lows, the company's managing director Torsten Frank told Montel.
By: Andreas Lochner
(Montel) The US blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz added another “layer of less liquidity in the [energy] market”, said Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of French energy major TotalEnergies, AFP reported.
By: Yana Palagacheva, Andreas Lochner
(Montel) A forecast solar surge due to sunny weather across Europe this bank holiday weekend may trigger a downward adjustment of the spot power
(Montel) Day-ahead power prices fell to record lows of EUR -500/MWh in Europe on Thursday, hitting the price floor, as high solar generation is expected to meet low demand on the bank holiday tomorrow.
By: Andreas Lochner, Julia Demirdag
(Montel) Summer power prices in France reached record highs on Thursday, while Germany's hit their highest levels since March, as the European heatwave spurred fears of outages due to a lack of water in the months to come.
By: Caroline Pailliez, Andreas Lochner
(Montel) French spot power looked set on Friday to reach its highest level since February 2025 next week amid heat-related nuclear outages and high exports.
(Montel) France should see the heat-related cuts of nuclear availability rise to 14.4% of the reactor fleet tomorrow, up from 13.2% today, EDF data showed on Tuesday, with total availability hitting a year-to-date low at 57%.
By: Andreas Lochner
EDF: French heat‑linked nuclear curbs should ease to about 12% of the fleet by Thursday as Bugey outages proceed and weather cools at the weekend.
