UK Energy Market Summary to Friday 21st March 2025
Closing prices 21.03.2025
British gas prices saw a strong bullish trend on Wednesday, driven by the failure of Trump-Putin talks to secure an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. Additionally, an unplanned outage at Norway’s Åsgard field provided further support to prices. Consequently, the NBP spot price jumped by 6.5% to 3.63 p/kWh. On the forward curve, the Q3 2025 delivery contract closed at 3.58 p/kWh, or a 6% gain.
UK near-term gas prices declined on Thursday influenced by a rise in wind generation and higher temperatures. Consequently, the NBP spot price settled 3.3% down at 3.5 p/kWh.
At time of writing, European gas storage levels are 34% full, with the UK 18% full. European gas storage levels are trending just below the 5-year average throughout 2024. Over the past week gas has accounted for 33% of the UK generation mix with wind accounting for 25%, solar 6% and nuclear accounting for 11%. Below summarises curve prices as at close of business on Friday.
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Oil prices rose on Thursday, following new sanctions from the United States administration aimed at curbing Iran’s crude exports, as President Donald Trump seeks to negotiate a nuclear deal with Tehran.
European carbon prices reached a three-week high on Wednesday, with the December 2025-expiry contract increasing by 3% to 73.44 €/tonne.
