Electricity
ASX to launch coal and power futures
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is to list thermal coal futures and options on April 21. It will also launch New Zealand electricity futures on 28 April and natural gas futures contracts for the state of Victoria on 5 May.
Spanish power price drops 30% on plunging demand
Spanish baseload electricity prices on power exchange Omel fell by 12.6% in January to an average of €49.93 per megawatt hour, marking a 30% drop in the past 4 months.
GDF Suez and Iberdrola form UK nuclear team
GDF SUEZ and Iberdrola have entered a joint-venture partnership to participate in the development of new nuclear power stations in the UK.
SSE and Iberdrola join forces for UK nuclear
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has joined forces with Spanish utility Iberdrola to help kick-start the UK's nuclear new build programme. They will begin by securing potential sites for nuclear power stations and work alongside UK…
RWE and E.ON team up for UK nuclear projects
German utilities RWE and E.ON have formed a joint-venture to develop new nuclear power stations in the UK.
Italian power market hit by crisis decree
A proposed policy package from the Italian government in response to the financial crisis could cause further turmoil in the domestic power market, finds Rachel Morison
European energy outlook
2008 was a rollercoaster year for Europe's energy markets. Roderick Bruce interviews trading CEOs and other senior executives to see how they envisage Europe's gas & power markets developing in the year ahead
RWE to buy Essent
Germany's RWE is buy Dutch utility Essent in an all-cash €9.3 billion deal. Essent will become RWE's operating company in the Netherlands and Belgium, and will continue as an independent entity.
MCX launches India’s first electricity futures
Mumbai-based Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) launched India's first electricity futures contract on January 9.
EDF meeting record French power demand
French utility EDF has brought "almost all" of its available generation capacity online to cope with record power demand highs driven by freezing temperatures, the company said today.
Shell Energy acquires assets of Enspire Energy
Shell Energy North America, a subsidiary of Shell, announced on December 26 that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Enspire Energy, a Virginia-based energy marketing company.
Atel and EOS finalise merger
Swiss energy companies Atel and EOS have finalized details of a merger which will form a new company called Alpiq, based in Neuchâtel.
PXE to launch Hungarian electricity futures
Prague Energy Exchange (PXE) has announced that it will trade electricity futures based on power generated in Hungary from March 1, 2009.
E.ON sells 2200MW of generation, enters Belgium
German utility E.ON has announced that it will sell over 2200 MW of generation capacity from German power stations to Electrabel and EnBW. The move comes after E.ON reached agreement with the European Commission to promote competition in Germany's power…
Essent Trading expands into Nordics and Asia-Pacific
Essent Trading, the Geneva-based trading arm of Dutch utility Essent, has opened representative offices in Norway and Singapore.
Cultural exchange
EEX and Powernext's agreement to share their electricity spot and derivatives markets represents groundbreaking Franco-German energy market co-operation. The CEOs of both exchanges talk to Roderick Bruce about the challenges involved and what the merged…