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German prices seen falling on more wind power; French rise

European timely power costs were mixed on Tuesday, with German levels falling on expectations of greater wind generation and falling temperatures while prices in France increased on lower local wind output.

Germany was anticipated to export power on the day-ahead, LSEG analyst Naser Hashemi wrote.

German baseload for Wednesday was at 65.0 euros ($ 70.68) per megawatt hour (MWh) by 0830 GMT, down 21.7%, while the comparable French agreement was 30.4% up at 63.3 euros/MWh, LSEG information showed.

German wind power output was anticipated to hit 13.6 gigawatts ( GW) on Wednesday, up from 9.4 GW, while that in France was due to drop to 1.3 GW from 5.1 GW in the same period.

French nuclear schedule remained unchanged at 73% of overall capability.

Power usage in Germany was expected to relieve by 200 MW to 53.7 GW and by 300 MW in France to 44.4 GW in the duration under review.

Temperatures are set to decrease by 1.5 degrees to 18.5 degrees Celsius in Germany and only reduction by a tad in France to 21.7 degrees day-on-day, LSEG information likewise revealed.

France will likely see temperature levels of 23.6 degrees on average over the next week.

German year-ahead power was down 0.5% at 86.3 euros/MWh while the French equivalent, Cal '25,, was untraded after closing at 74.8 euros/MWh.

The price of European CO2 allowances for December 2024 expiration was virtually the same at 64.77 euros a metric ton.

Carbon costs dropped 4.2% recently and a research note from analysts Veyt said that the downward pattern might continue ahead of a looming full-volume auction supply in August, when demand is most likely to be muted.

German gas transportation business have submitted a plan for a. hydrogen core network under a two-month authorities assessment. period opened by the energy regulator.

(source: Reuters)