Saturday bore the brunt of stormy weather across Northwest Europe, with 1.4 TWh generated, according to WindEurope, as over 60 GW of wind and 40 GW of solar combined midday.In Germany, Saturday peakload power (08:00 am-08:00 pm) settled at minus Eur2.77/MWh on Epex Spot with hour 15 lowest at minus Eur49.62/MWh.
Winds eased Sunday with just over 1 TWh generated across NWE, but solar stepped up, peaking at 51 GW across Europe Sundaymidday.
Negative prices in Germany's day-ahead auction for Sunday were limited to hours 12 to 18 falling as low as minus Eur35.75/MWh.
Overall, German wind and solar output averaged 29 GW throughout the weekend, TSO data aggregated by Fraunhofer ISE show.
Weekend hourly prices averaged around Eur13/MWh on Epex Spot.
Curtailment of German wind power hit a record 3.2 TWh in the third quarter.
Last year, RES curtailment fell 2% on year to 5.4 TWh, but compensation rose to Eur635 million after already doubling in 2017.
