Power prices for next year rise after Didcot fire – DMR

The fire at Didcot gas plant is likely to have pushed up prices for electricity bought for delivery in Spring next year. Though prices actually fell on Monday, the day after flames engulfed cooling towers at the plant, analysts believe it has edged up prices for the first three months of 2015 (known as Q1). In […]

UK energy prices ease after shooting up – DMR

UK energy prices eased back down today after shooting up over Tuesday night, according to the daily market report from npower. Steven Walker, Client Portfolio Manager at npower said the change came “after a strong session yesterday, which saw November ’14 UK baseload power gain almost £1 per megawatt hour (MWh) overnight.” Prices for November […]

The Daily Market Report – 7th August 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the energy market in the new daily report from Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk at npower.

The Daily Market Report – 6th August 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the energy market in the new daily report from Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk at npower.

The Daily Market Report – 4th August 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the energy market in the new daily report from Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk at npower.

The Daily Market Report – 13th June 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk at npower.

New UK gas store looks set to take first load

The UK’s newest gas storage site at a salt cavern in Cheshire looks ready to take its first load. Stublach has told the market it wants to take 2 million cubic meters (mcm), according to our daily market report with npower. Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager said: “Stublach has an injection nomination of 2 mcm, […]

Gas prices out to July stay flat

Gas prices for July 2014 were looking fairly flat this morning despite prices for the next few days edging higher, according to npower’s daily market report. Steve Walker, Client Portfolio Manager said prices further out the “curve” aren’t following suit for more recent prices. Mr Walker said: “The curve opened flat this morning despite near […]

The Daily Market Report – 12th May 2014

Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from Steven Walker, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation desk at npower.  

Gulf of Mexico-style leaks continue to drop

The number of offshore oil and gas leaks which caused the major blowout at BP’s Macondo rig in 2010 is continuing to drop, new safety statistics revealed today. The total number of major and significant hydrocarbon releases in 2011/12 fell to 52 compared to 73 last year, the lowest releases for the last ten years, […]