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July Snow Forecast In Alps Shocks Europeans…Up To 30 cm As Global Temps Plummet!

Here’s what the ECMWF is forecasting for the next 7 days:

Source: ECMWF via Snowfan

Earlier this year, the usual suspects were putting out horror scenarios of a summer of heat and drought across Europe in 2025. The most extreme model runs, with temperatures soaring to 45°C, were presented as serious forecasts and as being worrying evidence of runaway climate change.

But now the opposite has occurred and the fear-mongers are now either quiet or simply distorting the facts.

Especially in Central Europe, like across Germany, the weather has turned cool and rainy.

Germany’s Das Wetter.com here recently has since warned of 30 com of snowfall in the Alps – in July!:

Anyone who thought the last few weeks had been cool and changeable should dress warmly. Because from Monday, temperatures across Germany will continue to plummet. This is due to a wave of cold Arctic air rushing in from the far north. Highs of under 20 degrees will then be the reality in many places – in July!”

Heavy snow in the Alps in July

In his article, meteorologist Johannes Habermehl then adds that the snow line in the Alps will be dropping “to just 2500 meters – in some places even lower”, with some forecasting “up to 30 centimetres of fresh snow” at higher altitudes.

And that’s during peak summer!

Global temps plummet

Global temperatures have also been plummeting since the start of this year.

Image: via Snowfan

According to NCEP data, the global mean temperature has dropped roughly 0.7°C! But the media have been completely silent about it.

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July 27, 2025 at 06:28AM

New Offshore Wind Is Now Twice The Price Of Gas

By Paul Homewood

 

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference-cfd-allocation-round-7-administrative-strike-prices-methodology-note

As we know, the new Administrative Strike Prices for offshore wind are well above wholesale market prices, which have been trundling along at between £70 and £80/MWh for the last year or so:

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https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-data-and-research/data-portal/wholesale-market-indicators

It is generally accepted that wholesale prices tend to be set by the marginal cost of gas power. But as I noted the other day, the marginal cost of a CCGT plant, ie the fuel cost, is currently £49/MWh – so why the discrepancy between this and £80/MWh?

Carbon Pricing

The main factor is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), effectively a carbon tax. CCGT plant operators must purchase allowances to cover the amount of CO2 emitted. The current market price for these allowances is around £50/Tonne CO2.

This equates to a surcharge on CCGTs of about £18/MWh.

So although the cost of fuel might only be £49/MWh, the carbon tax increases this to £67/MWh.

Market prices, of course, reflect supply and demand – when wind power is plentiful, for instance, prices fall. Often the market price might also be set by interconnectors or the most expensive gas generators when supply is tight.

But ultimately, at current gas prices, the new strike prices for offshore wind are more than double the cost of a modern CCGT plant.

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