Germany's weekly production from coal- and gas-fired power plants dropped to a record low

last week as a surge in wind power, rising supply  from nuclear facilities as well as a national

holiday last Tuesday reduced the need for such plants, the weekly analysis of power generat

ion data shows. 

Record low demand for fossil-fuel power plants also pushed the weekly spot power average

to its lowest level since May last year, with daily spot settlements averaging just below Eur21

/MWh last week amid a number of hourly negative prices, data from Epex Spot shows. 

Output from coal-fired power plants was 0.53 TWh in week 40, according to transparency da

ta aggregated by Fraunhofer ISE -- the lowest weekly output for coal recorded since at least

2010 or as far as the data reaches back. 

Output from major CCGT gas plants that report under transparency rules was 0.38 TWh, just

marginally above multi-year lows recorded in August, according to the Fraunhofer energy ch

arts. 

Beyond the October 3 national holiday, the key reason for the weekly downward trend was a

surge in wind power last week with the second major storm this autumn again just narrowly m

issing hourly records, the TSO data aggregated by Fraunhofer ISE shows. 

Overall, wind generated 4 TWh last week, averaging 23.8 GW each hour, the second-highest

weekly output ever recorded with only week 8 in February slightly higher, the data shows.