Spot prices for natural gas in Europe came to the historical maximum, first exceeding a mark of $ 2,000 per 1 thousand cubic meters, indicate the data of the London Stock Exchange ICE, transfers TASS.
The price of January futures on a TTF Hab in the Netherlands on the Ice Futures Stock Exchange increased to $ 2004 per thousand cubic meters. m, or € 171.52 per MW · h (based on the current exchange rate euro to the dollar, the prices of ICE are represented in euros per MW · h).
This is an absolute record in the entire history of trading, the former was recorded in early October. A spot price of gas in Europe has grown against the background of stopping and turning into the reverse of the Yamal – Europe gas pipeline, as well as the drop in wind generation in the region.