Christian Driessen

(Montel) Swiss hydropower inflows should see temporary relief from drought conditions following recent rainfall but dry conditions are likely to

(Montel) Bringing Germany's hard coal reserve plants back to the market could cut wholesale day-ahead power prices by up to 5% for 2027, according to analysis by Montel Energy Brainpool published on Monday.

(Montel) German TSO Amprion said it is investigating suspected sabotage at its Rommerskirchen substation after an incident affected power plant connections on Tuesday evening, although electricity supplies remained unaffected.

(Montel) Germany's low gas storage levels are a “massively underestimated” risk that policymakers are not doing enough to manage, the head of leading economic think tank DIW said on Wednesday.

(Montel) Germany's power supply and system stability were not endangered by sabotage incidents at two substations on Tuesday, energy regulator BNA said on Wednesday.

(Montel) Sabotage at a substation in North Rhine-Westphalia and resulting power plant outages caused German intraday prices to surge to EUR 4,500/MWh, a Montel analysis showed on Wednesday.

(Montel) German gas storage association Ines has called on the government to take short-term measures to incentivise injections ahead of winter, including a full discount on network fees for storage facilities.

(Montel) Last week's series of suspected sabotage attempts on German energy infrastructure were acts of “climate extremism”, with police searching for a 48-year-old man in connection with the attacks, the government said.

(Montel) Germany's far-right AFD could govern a German state for the first time after winning Sunday's election in Saxony-Anhalt, with lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund criticising the country's energy policy on election night.

(Montel) Germany energy lobby group Ines on Tuesday urged the swift filling of booked but as yet unused gas storage capacity to reach 77% by 1 November amid record low levels for the time of year currently.