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Soaring Gas Costs Squeeze Out Europe’s Negative Power Prices

Bloomberg Markets·November 5, 2026·1 min read

German and British wind farms generated unusually large amounts of electricity in October, yet negative power prices were almost entirely absent. Soaring gas costs squeezed out the typical negative pricing seen during renewable abundance, as higher fuel prices kept overall power prices elevated despite surplus generation.

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