Archive · 3 Oct 2025
European Power Prices Turn Negative Amid Storm Amy's Wind Surge
Storm Amy is causing a lot of wind in Europe!
This is making wind turbines produce a lot of electricity.
Because there's so much electricity, the price of power has gone down and even become negative in some places.
This means it's cheaper to use electricity than before.
The high winds are expected to break records for wind energy production, especially in the UK and Germany.
The strong winds are also causing disruptions to travel, with warnings about potential delays for flights and trains.
European power prices turned negative in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Storm Amy is expected to drive record wind generation across Europe.
UK and German wind generation are forecast to reach new highs.
Negative power prices are relatively rare and indicate an oversupply of power.
Storm Amy is causing travel disruptions, especially in Scotland and England.
- Who
- European energy markets
- What
- Power prices turned negative due to high wind generation.
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- UK, Germany, Netherlands, France
- Why
- Storm Amy is driving record wind generation, increasing supply and reducing demand from gas-fired power.
- Event
- Storm Amy
- Affected Regions
- UK, Germany, Netherlands, France
- Wind Generation Forecast (UK)
- Up to 24 gigawatts
- Previous UK Wind Record
- 22.5 gigawatts (Dec 2023)
- German Wind Generation Forecast
- Above 54 gigawatts
- UK Power Price
- -£0.42 per megawatt-hour
- German Power Price
- -€0.29 per megawatt-hour