EUROPE POWER-Lower wind output lifts prompt power prices

Reuters12-04
EUROPE POWER-Lower wind output lifts prompt power prices

Dec 4 (Reuters) - European day-ahead power prices on Thursday rebounded from the previous session as wind generation is expected to decrease across the region.

"The fundamental outlook in Germany reverts to the tighter side again, mainly due to decreasing wind power supplies," said LSEG analyst Riccardo Parviero.

Conditions are comparable across the rest of the region, with the French and Dutch residual load projected to rise sharply, he added.

The German day-ahead contract TRDEBD1 climbed 15.8% from its previous close to 150 euros ($175.11) per megawatt hour at 0909 GMT, LSEG data showed.

The position's French equivalent TRFRBD1 rose 4% to 78.75 euros/MWh, the data showed.

German wind power output is expected to shed 4.6 gigawatts (GW) to 5.6 GW on Friday, LSEG figures showed.

In France, wind power generation is seen contracting by 1.5 GW to reach 6.7 GW on Friday.

French nuclear power availability shed two percentage point to 84% capacity. POWER/FR

On the demand side, German consumption was forecast to decrease by 510 megawatts (MW) to 63.8 GW on Friday.

French usage was expected to add 550 MW, reaching 64.9 GW on Friday.

German year-ahead baseload TRDEBYZ6 was down 0.5% at 84.9 euros/MWh.

The French year-ahead position TRFRBYZ6 was bid at 58.5 euros/MWh, having settled at 49.06 euros/MWh.

The European carbon market's benchmark 2025 contract CFI2Zc1 was down 0.3% at 81.5 euros a metric ton.

The German division of Dutch power grid operator TenneT IPO.TTH.AS is launching a 35 billion-euro debt issuance programme to fund infrastructure upgrades, it said on Wednesday.

($1 = 0.8566 euros)

(Reporting by Alban Kacher; Editing by Sonia Cheema)

((alban.kacher@thomsonreuters.com; +48 58 769 65 87))

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