With Nord Pool set to offer electricity futures contracts from March, competition for liquidity on the Nordic power curve will heat up this year. Who will come out on top?

Also, the European Commission, along with the energy regulators, wants to create a new, centralised unit to operate day-ahead market coupling in the EU. Whilst market participants agree with the need for increased regulatory oversight, there is concern from exchange bosses that this would promote a single point of failure and hamper healthy competition.

Would this proposal fix the part of the system that isn't broken?

In this episode, Richard sits down with the CEOs of Nord Pool and EEX in Essen to discuss this, as well as the issues concerning liquidity in certain markets in Europe, and how the market needs to adapt to aggregators and the flexibility that the investment into renewables demands.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests:

Tom Darrell - CEO, Nord Pool

Peter Reitz - CEO, EEX

Contributor: Julia Demirdag - Germany Reporter, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

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As tensions between Iran and the US intensify, Russian mounts fresh attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, and President Trump softens his stance on the US grab for Greenland, France´s President Macron has warned Europe about a false sense of security, even a state of emergency.

In this episode, Richard speaks to our guests in front of a live audience at E-world in Essen, Germany, about the outlook for Europe's supply and demand under these ongoing geopolitical rumblings: Listen to a discussion on the most important threats to Europe's energy security.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests:

Henning Gloystein - Managing Director of Energy and Resources, Eurasia Group

Hanns Koenig - Managing Director, Aurora Energy Research EMEA

Tobias Federico - Chief Analyst, Montel

Contributor: Mai Rosner - Investigative Reporter, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

Norway is normally an exporter of electricity to its neighbours , but experts are sounding alarm bells. They warn that the increase in demand from electrification and data centres will eclipse the country's abundant power supply. Has Norway now reached that crucial turning point?

In this episode, Richard sits down with Nordic market experts at the Pareto Securities conference in Oslo to discuss the how government subsidies are distorting investment decisions, and why major demand drivers like data centres need faster grid reforms and connections.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests:

Erik Strømsø - CEO and Co-Founder, BW ESS

Jørn Skaane - CEO, Lefdal Mine Datacenter

Lars Ove Skorpen - Director of Power & Renewable Energy, Pareto Securities

Contributor: Petter Udland - Norway Reporter, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

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Ten European countries in Europe came together in Hamburg earlier this week to sign a commitment to deliver 100GW of offshore wind in the North Sea - a move the German energy minister labelled as "a historic moment for Europe." After a year of failed auctions and cancelled wind projects across some countries in Europe, does this "pact" reveal Europe's commitment to energy independence following President Trump's abuse directed at "loser windmills"?

In this episode, Richard speaks to offshore wind developer Orsted and TSO TenneT about some of the grid integration challenges that the sector needs to overcome, and how proposed interconnectors and bidding zones could work in practice.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests:

Ulrik Stridbæk - Head of Global Regulatory & Public Affairs, Ørsted

Joana Stirnberg - Coordinator of EU Affairs, TenneT

Hubert Put - Senior Consultant, Montel

Contributor: Andreas Lochner - Germany Editor, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

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This week, US President Donald Trump confirmed his plans to annex Greenland, threatening European members of NATO with higher tariffs if they try to stand in his way.

Despite European leaders expressing messages of defiance and retaliation to these threats from the US, does Europe's reliance on the US for its LNG - and the tariffs negotiated as part of the 2025 EU-US deal - leave the continent in a weak position to oppose Trump?

In this episode, Richard speaks to geopolitical and gas experts about how the markets have responded to this week's events, and the impact that global geopolitical tensions are having on LNG and oil trade.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests: Anne-Sophie Corbeau - Global Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy

Claudio Galimberti - Chief Economist, Rystad Energy

Contributor: Laurence Walker - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

In this week's episode, we take a trip to the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland to visit the Svartsengi power Station. Located only several hundred metres from several active volcanoes, the 85 MW geothermal plant has withstood 12 eruptions over the past few years - only shutting down once when power lines actually melted.

Richard sits down with HS Orka's CEO to find out exactly how this resilient power station kept running when lava was flowing down the mountainside and the local residents were being evacuated. Not least how the company upgraded the plant on time and under budget.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News
Guest: Tómas Már Sigurðsson - CEO, HS Orka

Editor: Oscar Birk
Producer: Sarah Knowles

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One week into the new year, and President Trump is continuing his mission to tear up the prevailing international order, creating further incertainty for global oil and gas markets following his attack on Venezuela and the arrest of its President, Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, Denmark has replied to US threats to annex Greenland, and Russia continues to target Ukraine's power infrastructure, despite ongoing ceasefire talks.

In the first official episode of the new Plugged In podcast season, Richard sits down with Montel's Chief Analyst Tobias Federico to discuss the events that are already shaping the geopolitical landscape in 2026, as well as the significance of Berlin's power outage that affected 50,000 homes during the first weekend in January.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News
Guest: Tobias Federico - Chief Analyst, Montel

Editor: Oscar Birk
Producer: Sarah Knowles

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Negative power prices, geopolitical tension, energy policy, batteries and strengthening the grid - what's in store for Europe's energy markets in 2026?

In our first episode of the new year, Richard sits down with Montel's Editors from France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Nordics, and the UK to review the key events from 2025, and discuss the headlines predicted to affect Europe's energy sector in 2026.

Host: Richard Sverrisson - Editor-in-Chief, Montel News

Guests:

Christopher Eales - France Editor, Montel News

Pablo Bronte - Iberian Editor, Montel News

Andreas Lochner - Germany Editor, Montel News

Laurence Walker - UK Editor, Montel News

Enza Tedesco - Italy Editor, Montel News

Olav Vilnes - Nordics Editor, Montel News

Editor: Oscar Birk

Producer: Sarah Knowles

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