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Turbine Output to Increase This Weekend

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
After a 5 day period where winds were quite calm and turbine output never broke the 5,000 kw barrier we have seen a, for lack of a better word, surge in output peaking at 9,000 kw.  This spike may be short lived as winds are forecast to be less than 5 knots tomorrow (the 14th) for most of Germany.  This should bring turbine output way down and again push the price of coal up.  Going into the weekend winds will begin to pick up again as a system passes through the region. Late in the weekend winds could be in the 15-20 knot range for much of the Northern Europe.  Turbine output should spike on Sunday but winds will be high starting Saturday through most of early next week. 
 
In conjunction with the increase in winds, temperatures will begin to rise decreasing heating demand in much of the Union.  Temperatures will remain above 0C on Monday in Much of Germany with Highs being 4-8C. Wet weather will also accompany the system this weekend as rain will fall in much of Northern Europe, luckily the warmer temperatures should limit any potential ice build up on turbines further increasing total output.  
 
Below is a chart of forecasted heating degree days and temperature for a few countries in the European Union.
 
*Courtesy Weather Trends International (click for larger image)
 
As usual, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask in the comments.

 

 

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Wind Calms, Heating Demand Rises

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

 

Power production by the German wind farms has been up a good amount over the past 3 days peaking at more than 14,000 megawatts on the 20th.  Over the next 48-72 hours the winds will begin to calm decreasing energy output and giving coal prices a boost. 
 

 

As the winds calm in Germany, temperatures across the continent will cool. High temperatures will start in the double digits in much of France and Germany Monday but will drop into the low single digits in France and below zero in Eastern Europe. High heating demand along with the calm winds should give coal prices a big boost during the holiday week. 

 
 
 

 

 

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Windy, Rainy Conditions Next Week

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Tropical Storm Omar continues its movement to the north and is expected to impact European weather early next week. Remnants of Omar will bring rain and wind to the UK and northern Europe Monday into Tuesday. The UK will see very windy conditions and some moderate to heavy rain. Northern Scotland could even see some wintry precipitation mixed in. As the system moves east, winds will increase in North East Germany. Winds will be greater than 10knots and as high as 15 knots in the more northern wind farms. Following a brief lull late Tuesday into Wednesday winds could again increase to greater than 10knots come late in the week into the weekend. Coal prices could take a hit as we enter a windy period over the next few weeks. 

 
Temperatures across Europe are still close to normal with an occasional below normal. As some rain moves into central Europe, cloud clover will bring low temperatures up causing a decrease in heating demand. Moderate rainfall is expected in Southern France and into the East Central region of Germany. 

 

 

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