Featured in Purchasing power – 04-2025

The big adjustment

In Europe, the volume of solar and wind generation capacity signed under power purchase agreements (PPAs) fell in 2024. Energy price volatility receded as a key driver and a new risk emerged, in the form of solar and wind intermittency causing an increase in negative electricity price periods. Market intelligence provider Pexapark expects the European PPA market to return growth in 2025 as project developers and their customers adapt to the new market reality and energy storage plays a growing role in balancing electricity networks.

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Mark Hutchins

01 Apr 2025

In Europe, energy capacity signed under PPAs in 2024 fell 11.1% compared to the previous year, even as the actual number of deals represented in this volume increased by 14.1%, from 277 to 316. The reduction comes down to the emergence of new risks for buyers as an increase in negative electricity price hours showed …

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