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Montel Weekly
Montel Weekly - market insights from people in the know. Montel Weekly is a podcast dedicated to energy news from markets in Europe and beyond. Every week we invite key industry experts to share insights and to discuss latest developments. Hosted by Richard Sverrisson. Produced by Bled Maliqi & Sarah Knowles. Music by Laurence Walker and Ben Bower.
Episodes
290 episodes
Gas: Will fundamentals Trump geopolitics?
2025 is set to be a year of continuing geopolitical turmoil. Donald Trump’s return to the White House will raise the temperature further at a time of major instability in the Middle East along with Russia-Ukraine.Questions remain over wh...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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36:05
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Poland’s Energy Crossroads
Poland’s energy sector is undergoing a critical, if slow, transition after the election of Donald Tusk as prime minister exactly one year ago. Coal still dominates the mix despite a greater use of gas and a growth in renewables. Grid modernisat...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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41:47
Atomic revival: A new age for nuclear?
This week, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change released a report declaring, “a new nuclear age is beginning,” arguing that nuclear power is critical in meeting global climate goals. But how is this renaissance different from earlier proc...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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36:57
Flow-based market coupling – what's all the fuss about?
In October, the Nordic power market introduced a new calculation method for cross-zonal capacity to improve Nordic grid utilisation. However, so-called flow-based market coupling, in place for almost a decade in continental Europe, has received...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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27:52
COP, climate policy and EU carbon
Global leaders at COP29 were under a huge amount of pressure going into talks this week following the UN Secretary General public voicing his concerns over the state of negotiations. Criticisms of this year’s talks and...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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34:59
Criticism mounts as Sweden axes 32 GW offshore wind
At the start of November, the Swedish government announced that it was vetoing plans for 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to security concerns. The announcement was met with much criticism from developers and lobby groups who felt b...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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31:52
Trump re-elected, Berlin coalition fails: Energy impact
It has been a big week for global politics.On the same day that the United States voted Donald Trump as their 47th President, the German coalition government broke down after a budget row over cutting energy costs to companies a...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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37:16
Budget boost for the UK’s energy sector?
This week, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her budget – the first from a Labour government in 14 years.Whilst there were no big surprises for the energy sector, the budget still raised some interesting questions about the chall...
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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31:21
Why is oil still trading under USD 100/bbl?
It is over a year since Hamas attacked Israel, which triggered a wider conflict in the Middle East; the territory that produces around a third of the world’s oil. And much of its gas. Yet, despite the escalating military attacks an...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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29:36
Nato eyes risks in EU power markets
The last two years of the conflict in Ukraine, and the rise in malicious cyberattacks, has raised concerns security risks over Europe’s plans to be more self-sustainable in energy supply.Now, as countries across Europe roll out their pla...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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36:03
Ramping up batteries
It's clear for many that Europe needs to ramp up battery energy storage capacity over the next decade to help decarbonise the economy. But where does this leave battery developers and manufacturers who must navigate the complex markets and batt...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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34:38
BONUS EPISODE: The UK ends 142-years of Coal
This week marked a historic milestone for the UK as it shut down the last remaining coal-fired power station in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire. Once the backbone of the country’s energy supply, coal has been an essential part of the energy ...
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Season 6
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Episode 36
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11:26
Has the hydrogen bubble burst or is it merely deflating?
In September, the growing uncertainty surrounding the hydrogen economy brought new projects from producers like Shell and Equinor to a halt. Is this the start of a wave of hydrogen project cancellations that we are about to see in Europe? Has H...
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Season 6
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Episode 35
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32:42
Geopolitics and pipelines – is the global gas market prepared?
Europe’s gas supplies are plentiful. Some in the industry are relaxed ahead of the coming winter, but with the rising military escalation in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and the global market apprehensively awaiting November’s US Electio...
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Season 6
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Episode 34
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28:38
Thumbs up for the new European Commission?
This week, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, unveiled her team of new commissioners and set out their priorities for the next five years.Amongst her new team are some key, experienced players for energy and ...
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Season 6
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Episode 33
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22:04
Is regulation holding GO adoption back?
Harmonisation and international standardisation; those were the words that were often heard this week when analysts, traders, and energy producers came together to discuss the challenges facing the guarantees of origin market at the GO Conferen...
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Season 6
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Episode 32
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32:05
Carbon supply squeeze
The global power system is changing. Carbon emissions are declining. The green transition is in full flow. This is good news for the planet, but what do the next few years on this journey to 2030 look like for carbon prices?In this episo...
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Season 6
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Episode 31
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30:21
Insider trading allegations
A Montel News investigation has aired claims of insider trading in Germany’s power market. Signals received by some to help balance the grid are allegedly being used to front-run prices for same-day delivery. We’ve spoken to traders who claim t...
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Season 6
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Episode 30
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24:39
Guarantees of origin: Green or greenwashing?
The guarantees of origin (GO) market is complex and opaque. Listen to a discussion that unpicks the complexity, simplifies the jargon and lays bare the controversies in the market. With big tech looking to source more and more green energy, how...
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Season 6
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Episode 29
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30:56
Germany’s (over)ambitious green H2 plan
Germany plans to massively increase imports of hydrogen and its derivative products such as ammonia and methanol over the next five years but are the targets unrealistic and how green is the fuel? Listen to a discussion on what “hydrogen ready”...
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Season 6
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Episode 28
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25:42
Curbs to French power exports
Cuts to French electricity exports began earlier this year and will continue into the autumn. Listen to a discussion on why grid operator RTE impose the export limits and the reaction from inside France and the wider market? The TSO said the cu...
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Season 6
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Episode 27
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29:14
Has Keir’s time come?
As voters across the UK go to the polls, we take the pulse of the ways a potential Labour government could change the energy landscape. Kier Starmer is committed to a clean power system by 2030, rather than maxing out gas and oil output. Whilst...
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Season 6
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Episode 26
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32:49
Is it apple pie time today?
As Europe’s power system becomes ever more decentralised, electricity consumption patterns will need to change, and change fast. Huge daily and within-day price differences will mean ever bigger prices differences for when we choose to do our l...
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Season 6
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Episode 25
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32:40
Picking winners
Even for the best power projects, gaining electricity access from grid operators is far from straightforward. Amid an every lengthening queue of applications, how do TSOs decide what projects to approve and which to reject? Is it a choice betwe...
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Season 6
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Episode 24
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30:14
EU elections: Fragmentation and paralysis?
As 373m Europeans head to the polls – we ask one simple question. Will the rise of the far right across the EU endanger the energy transition? Pollsters are warning a swing right – and left – will fragment the European Parliament and coul...
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Season 6
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Episode 23
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29:34