Southeast Europe should prepare for heatwaves later in May Coldest winter since 2012 has depleted European gas stores Germany is headed for record solar power generation next week as forecasters predicted warm weather for central and eastern Europe and even raised the prospect of heatwaves hitting the southeast region later this month. While Europe’s renewable energy revolution has fundamentally changed how the power market works, it’s probably most notable at this time of year. German prices slumped below zero on Tuesday as solar and wind output flooded the market at the same time as European factories had ramped down consumption because of a holiday. “A prominent high is expected to anchor over northern and central Europe from the end of this week, bringing dry and settled weather to large swathes of Europe through the majority of May,” said Katie Greening, a meteorologist at the Weather Company. Output from photovoltaic […]