BREAKING from QatarEnergy and this is really big news and great news:
Golden Pass LNG, QatarEnergy’s largest investment in the United States, has achieved first LNG production from Train 1.
This is a major milestone for the QatarEnergy and ExxonMobil project in Sabine Pass, Texas, with first exports expected in Q2 2026 and a major boost to global energy security.
Solar capture rates are falling across Europe.
In Spain, the monthly average briefly fell below 10% of average market prices earlier this year.
In Germany, they have been among the weakest on the continent for years.
This is not a sudden step change. Solar deployment has grown steadily, but the revenue impact is accelerating.
That non-linearity is the story: as more capacity connects, prices compress faster than capacity grows.
A few things stand out from our latest data:
The trend is sharpening. Capture rates tracked fairly closely to 100% until around mid-2023. Since then, the divergence has widened materially across the six markets below.
Seasonality matters. In Spain, a sharp winter dip precedes the air-conditioning season, when demand lifts prices back up.
GB is holding up better than most. But even wind-influenced Great Britain is not immune to the trend.
What this means for storage is significant - every £/€ lost in solar capture could be value that flexible assets can arbitrage.
The wider the spread between low-capture solar hours and high-demand periods, the stronger the case for co-located or standalone BESS.
This is Wild.
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Mezinárodní agentura pro energii představila doporučení pro vlády, podniky a domácnosti s cílem zmírnit ekonomické dopady současné energetické krize způsobené válkou na Blízkém východě. Mezi nimi jsou podpora veřejné dopravy, snížení rychlostních limitů na dálnicích alespoň o deset kilometrů v hodině, vyhýbání se letecké dopravě, práce z domova, pokud je to možné, vyšší sdílení vozů či podpora vaření na elektřině.
A lot has been said about the Greenland tariffs in the past couple of days. We've been looking at the broader picture: who actually pays the tariffs?
We analyzed 25 million shipments worth nearly $4 trillion.
The answer: Americans pay 96%. Foreign exporters absorb just 4%.
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V roce 2025 narostl import LNG z USA o cca 50% oproti roku 2024, nahrazuje Evropa závislost na ruském plynu závislostí na americkém LNG? Obchodně možná ale technicky mohou být dodávky odkudkoliv. Takže nějaké karty do geopolitické hry Evropa nyní má, i když by asi neměla tak otevřeně říkat, že chce s plynem skončit co nejdřív.
Spanish solar power is going through a shake out after a plunge in electricity prices left the owners of weak projects in one of Europe’s top renewables markets searching for exits. https://t.co/L809a2kZGJ
@michalpur Tak asi se shodneme na tom, že o Prahu a pražany na úrovni celé prahy rozhodně nejde. To se (možná) řeší na úrovni MČ. RHMP je spíš trading floor. Takže jde spíš o to zjistit, co se zrovna obchoduje.