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Heatwave Pushes Wholesale Electricity Price to Six-Year High

The heatwave and demand for cooling are pushing the wholesale price of electricity in Belgium above 1,000 euros per megawatt-hour. The extreme...

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According to current market data, Belgium, Germany, Austria and other countries of Central Europe were particularly affected. The German energy analyst Stefan Spiegelsperger explains the background and context. The current "heat flue" in combination with the "green energy turnaround" leads to supply shortages and price explosions. According to the data presented by Spiegelsperger, the electricity price in Belgium today reached at times more than…

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The heat wave drives electricity prices in Germany to new record values. For electricity customers, electricity prices rise to 109 cents.

Never before has the electricity price in the Netherlands been as high as on Wednesday, writes Europower. This affects prices in Southern Norway, which ends up with the highest electricity price of the year – and that in June. The EU has managed to create a power system that is unable to deliver electricity at the right time and at the right price. And our domestic politicians have managed to destroy the stable Norwegian power market we once had…

20:08 Due to the heatwave, Belgian electricity prices shot to a record high on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday evening they are still among the highest in Europe. ‘I have never seen anything like this,’ says one...

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That's why electricity prices are skyrocketing - and could continue until winter. It's not just temperatures that are being sent to new heights as heatwave after heatwave sweeps across Europe. Electricity prices too

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belganewsagency.eu broke the news on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
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