# Alexandre Danthine

Insights on electricity markets throughout Europe

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[Spain Monthly Electricity Market Report — May 2026](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/spain-monthly-electricity-market-a1d)

[Solar curtailment doubles, Nuclear drops out of the Phase 1 stack, and the EU approves a €9 billion capacity market](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/spain-monthly-electricity-market-a1d)

Jun 19•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Do you need an asset to trade in the intraday market?](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/do-you-need-an-asset-to-trade-in)

Feb 26•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Spain's Grid Congestion, the Hidden Cost Behind Day Ahead Prices](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/spains-grid-congestion-the-hidden)

Jul 10, 2025•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[How Do Spanish Renewable Aggregators Actually Bid? A Day-Ahead Market Deep Dive](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/how-do-spanish-renewable-aggregators)

Mar 13•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Who is actually making Spain's balancing market?](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/who-is-actually-making-spains-balancing)

Jun 4•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Where the Spanish balancing market actually pays a premium over the wholesale price](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/understand-spanish-balancing-prices)

May 28•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Monthly Technical Restrictions Report — April 2026](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/monthly-technical-restrictions-report)

[In April 2026, the grid operator redispatched 2,330 GWh upward in the day-ahead phase and curtailed 2,074 GWh of renewables in Phase 2, a clear easing…](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/monthly-technical-restrictions-report)

May 21•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[One Price to Rule Them All: A Primer on Spanish mFRR](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/one-price-to-rule-them-all-a-primer)

[Why this market is becoming the centre of gravity in European balancing, and what changed when Spain joined MARI on 10 December 2024](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/one-price-to-rule-them-all-a-primer)

May 8•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[Spain Monthly Electricity Market Report — March 2026](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/spain-monthly-electricity-market)

[A +240 EUR/MWh real-time spread and what it tells you about Spanish flexibility value](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/spain-monthly-electricity-market)

Apr 16•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[The Death of Inelastic Demand](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/the-death-of-inelastic-demand)

[The textbook assumption is breaking down, and it's reshaping how prices form](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/the-death-of-inelastic-demand)

Apr 13•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

[How to Think About Negative Electricity Prices: From Macro Trends to Fundamental Drivers](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/how-to-think-about-negative-electricity)

[What drives negative bids in the Spanish day-ahead market, and how to forecast them](https://alexandredanthine.substack.com/p/how-to-think-about-negative-electricity)

Apr 2•[Alexandre Danthine](https://substack.com/@alexandredanthine)

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Alexandre Danthine

Insights on electricity markets throughout Europe.