Difficult summer conditions, including extreme heat and drought, drove European electricity prices to new highs on Tuesday, flashing a warning of an even more…
Rivers too warm to be used for cooling nuclear plants in France and water levels too low to ship coal to power stations along the Rhine are crimping European supplies of electricity. That means that countries are relying even more on gas to meet extra power demand instead of siphoning off the fuel into storage ahead of winter.
The tight conditions are pushing benchmark electricity prices beyond levels ever seen even in winter as most of Europe grapples with drought and extreme heat. A further reduction in Russian flows to the continent would make the situation even worse.Article content
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