Coal-to-gas switching in Europe slows as fuel economics and ETS dynamics shift

EUA prices versus hard coal to gas substitution price showing decoupling of carbon and fuel switching economics

Coal-to-gas switching in Europe is entering a more constrained phase, with recent market analysis showing that most economically viable switching potential has already been realised. While gas-fired generation remains structurally more competitive than coal and lignite, particularly in Germany, falling gas prices are no longer delivering additional fuel-switching gains. At the same time, EU ETS prices have increasingly decoupled from […]

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