Capacity
Intervention isn't needed to secure flexibility in power
Germany needs flexibility to cope with increasing volumes of intermittent renewable power. Contrary to some of the solutions that have been mooted in response, Steffen Köhler of EEX argues the best way to achieve flexibility is by working with market…
EU power traders rail against national interventions
Interventions by national governments in areas such as capacity and renewables are hampering the EU electricity market, complained panellists at Energy Risk Summit Europe
Power capacity mechanisms worry EU electricity traders
Power traders are concerned that a growth of interest in capacity mechanisms could threaten the potency of traded electricity markets across the European Union, while disrupting plans to forge a unified internal energy market
Capacity mechanisms spark concern from power traders
Zest for subsidies could threaten plans for unified EU electricity market, argue power traders
Moody's forecasts surprisingly stable UK power prices
Analysts at Moody's Investors Service believe UK electricity prices will remain steady until 2020, a prediction at odds with market consensus and government forecasts
Power capacity conundrum has potential to turn sour
Differences between the EC and member states on capacity markets illustrate the struggle to co-ordinate EU energy policy and may point towards future battles
Renewables risk derailing benefits of EU power integration
Renewable subsidies and capacity payments threaten to quell advantages brought about by European electricity market coupling, complain industry participants
Europe should unite or die, says Lowe
NWE market coupling delays highlight need for robust EU energy regulator, says former EC director general
UK power reforms set to make prices lower and more volatile
Market participants not doing enough to adjust to likely effects of EMR, say experts, including volatility and low prices
Capacity market set to provide UK's back-up plan
An important part of UK Electricity Market Reform is the launch of a capacity market, with the first auction due to take place in December 2014. Despite initial opposition, market participants have gradually come around to the idea. Stella Farrington…
European power traders look to different sources of data
With renewables accounting for a significant and growing proportion of Europe's electricity production, energy traders are increasingly turning to different sources of data to help them gauge the impact. Gillian Carr reports
Room for improvement in Remit reporting, say power traders
Lack of renewables data means an increasingly vital part of the market is being excluded, say traders
Mandatory bundling will damage trading in European gas, say firms
Capacity Allocation Mechanism network code could restrict gas trade at physical hubs and interconnection points