Week 39
The Haven Power Market Report is a weekly pricing report that analyses and explains energy market fluctuations over the past 7 days.
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Seasonal Contracts
Secure and Promote* (Season +1, +2, +3, +4) baseload contracts lost on average £0.75/MWh over the course of the week, with Winter-17 falling furthest by £1.45/MWh. Prices for Winter-17 have receded in recent weeks, based on increased confidence that supply margins are likely to be less tight at peak times than last winter. This, coupled with the guaranteed contribution of plant participating in the Capacity Market, has added to general confidence in the UK market. The upturn in confidence has occurred despite the risk premium associated with the closure of Rough storage and the possibility of French nuclear outages.
Prompt/Day-ahead Power
The average day-ahead baseload price was up around £2/MWh on the previous week, at £48.30/MWh. The maximum price of £55.50/MWh occurred on Tuesday 19th September, following lower wind output compared to previous days. Sunday 24th September saw the lowest day-ahead price at £42.73/MWh, with lower demand and moderate renewable output keeping prices low.
Imbalance Prices
Cashout prices over the last week outturned at an average of £46.75/MWh. A minimum price of £0/MWh was seen on 4 occasions this week; generally, when the system had to turn down generation. Settlement period 15 (07:30 to 08:00) on Tuesday 19th September saw a maximum price of £176.69/MWh, where coal at Ratcliffe-on-Soar was brought on to meet the demand of that morning’s pickup.
Renewables and other
Average wind output was slightly lower than last week, with an average of 4.80GW compared to 7.2GW during week 38. Solar output was moderate throughout, with a mean output of 1.2GW
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