Europe’s first cold spell of the heating season has arrived, pressuring power prices higher as freezing temperatures ushers in increased power demand to heat building structures across the central-west region. German day-ahead power prices jumped to the second-highest level ever, 273.89 euros per megawatt-hour. Day-ahead power prices are also higher in France and Netherlands. The Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), the German Meteorological Service, released a weather note on Tuesday warning of frigid and snowy weather. “Right on time for the first weekend in Advent and shortly before the start of the meteorological winter on Dec. 1, there is the first significant snow in Germany, at least in the middle and higher altitudes,” DWD said. Eine #Wetterumstellung zum Ende der Woche sorgt für einen #winterlichen ersten #Advent . Welche Regionen betroffen sein werden, können Sie hier nachlasen: https://t.co/V45WKAnTmp . /V pic.twitter.com/4mHt9JsRKA — DWD (@DWD_presse) November 23, 2021 Weather models for Germany […]