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Sep 2024
Sep 2024
Up the creek without a paddle and a large hole in the canoe, now the canoe is patched up and has wings!
Energy prices fall substantially but is it a short-term blimp? Is this due to the Methanex shutdowns?
Below – current ‘spot price’ of Natural Gas!
Ems Tradepoint Market Wrap for week ending 1st September 2024:
Carbon Market: (NZU)
- Another good week for the carbon price, pushing through and holding above $60 on good trading volume, finishing the week at $62.00.
- Traded range of $58.00 – $62.00, finishing up 3.30% on the previous week and up 21.6% for the month of August.
- Next NZX Carbon Auction is on Wednesday 4th September, with a floor of $64, that might be a step to far for this week. (NZX Managed Auction Service (etsauctions.govt.nz)
- European carbon prices posted a daily and weekly loss on Friday, recording their narrowest weekly trading range of the year as a stable morning session was followed by gradually heavier selling throughout the afternoon, culminating in a three-week low, while UK Allowances returned their second 8% five-day gain in the last three weeks.
- Friday’s close was 69.20 Euro ($122 NZD approx.)
Gas Market: (GJ)
- What a difference 2 weeks make, trading range of $8.00 – $18.00. Last Friday was a very busy day for gas, with a frenzy Broker trades in daily, weekly and monthly products.
- Traded VWAP $10.89 ($/GJ), down 64.80% and delivered VWAP $14.48 ($/GJ), down 54.00% from previous week.
- Gas generation fell to 9.50% of the electricity generation mix last week on the back of good inflows into Southern catchment areas and plenty of wind generation.
- High Linepack this morning has seen the Systen Operator (First Gas) selling gas down to 0.01 cents/GJ (reflected in the NZ Regional Price overview ($/MWh))
- https://app.em6.co.nz/
- As of this morning, hydro storage was 68% of average, Manapouri 90% full (versus 61% a week ago), Pukaki at 22% (vs 17%) and Tekapo at 43% (vs 34%) and Taupo 36% full (vs 22%). Metservice reporting a wet start for the week in Otago and Southland with a heavy rain watch in place.
- September 2024 baseload futures pulled back again for both Islands, $155/MWh for OTA and $150/M/Wh for BEN.
- Average electricity prices fell like a stone last week, North Island falling 69% to $100 ($/MW/h) and South Island was also down 69% to $103 ($/MW/h).
Source www.emstradepoint.co.nz
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