Rising wind generation and reduced demand expected Monday
PARIS, July 19 (Reuters) -European electricity prices for Monday were untraded on Friday, with wind power supply expected to rise throughout the region while consumption was projected to fall.
French grid operators RTE and Enedis, the bourse EPEX spot and French power giant EDF said their operations were not impacted by the global tech outage that has delayed flights and disrupted services around the world.
German and French Monday baseload power prices were untraded at 1115 GMT, LSEG data showed. TRDEBD3TRFRBD3
Residual load is reduced on Monday on lower demand and improved wind supply, said LSEG analyst Marcus Eriksson.
German wind power output is forecast to add 7.8 gigawatts (GW) from Friday to 10.9 GW on Monday while French output is expected to rise 2.7 GW to 3.5 GW, LSEG data shows.
German solar power supply is forecast to fall 3.7 GW to 11.6 GW on Monday.
LSEG analysis showed wind power supply is forecast to fall to around 8 GW on Tuesday before rebounding to near 13 GW on Wednesday.
French nuclear availability was unchanged at 71% of available capacity. POWER/FR
One planned outage out of three may have to be extended for an average of 30 days in 2024 for several reactors, due to stress corrosion, operator EDF said.
The reactors concerned are Bugey 5, Cattenom 4, Chinon B2, Civaux 1, Dampierre 4, Flamanville 1, Paluel 1, Paluel 3, Penly 1 and Penly 2, they added.
Power consumption in Germany is forecast to drop 7.3 GW to 46.3 GW on Monday while demand in France is projected to fall by 2.7 GW to 42.5 GW.
German 2025 baseload TRDEBYZ5 edged up 0.1% to 89.20 euros per megawatt hour (MWh), while the equivalent French position TRFRBYZ5 was untraded after closing at 74.25 euros/MWh on Thursday.
European CO2 allowances for December 2024 expiry CFI2Zc1 gained 0.2% to 66.61 euros a metric ton.
Reporting by Forrest Crellin
Additional reporting by Benjamin Mallet
Editing by David Goodman and Elaine Hardcastle
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