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2007 rankings result tables
A full breakdown of the top dealers and brokers, category by category, including: oil, natural gas, electricity, coal, environment, research, structured products, agricultural products and metals
GE and AES plan GHG offset partnership
Global power company AES and GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), a unit of General Electric, are to create a partnership to develop greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in the US.
Allegheny Power proposes Maryland plan
Allegheny Power, the electric delivery subsidiary of investor-owned utility Allegheny Energy, has proposed a rate stabilisation and transition plan for its Maryland residential customers.
Nybot members support Ice merger
Members of the New York Board of Trade (Nybot) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposed merger with IntercontinentalExchange (Ice).
CO2 venture launches in US
Blue Source, a US-based company which invests in carbon reduction projects and supplies offsets, has teamed up with private equity firm First Reserve to create the first US venture to reduce CO2 emissions across the energy, manufacturing and…
Democrats' victory to boost carbon trade
A Democratic victory in the mid-term US elections is good news for green energies, but not necessarily for big oil, writes David Watkins
Food for fuel
In part II of our investigation into the attraction of 'cleantech' investment, Catherine Lacoursière looks at the growth of biofuel plants, and asks: does the world have enough feedstock to power them?
Progressive, Centrica team up in clean coal project
Progressive Energy, a clean coal project developer, is to team up with UK-headquartered utility Centrica to develop an advanced clean coal project in the UK.
UBS to launch European electricity and gas trading business
UBS, the Zurich-based global investment bank, will launch a European power and gas trading desk in the first quarter of 2007.
Gas pipeline sparks negative UK prices
UK gas prices fell to below zero last month, during the testing of a new pipeline. Now the pipeline is open, does more chaos ensue?
Western congestion
Despite huge strides to improve power transmission efficiency in California since 2001, the region is still flagged a 'critical congestion area' by the US Department of Energy. Neil O'Hara looks at the state of play
GFI to acquire Amerex's North American operations
GFI is acquire the North American brokerage operations and assets of Amerex Energy, a leading interdealer broker of power, natural gas and emissions products and related derivative and option contracts in North America.
TFS to broker oil in Dubai
TFS has become the first interdealer broker to open a desk in Dubai, where it will initially cover precious metals, but also plans to broker oil, freight and financial instruments.
TFS sets up dry freight brokerage
Interdealer brokerTradition Financial Services (TFS) has announced the creation of TFS Freight, a dry freight brokerage group based in Stamford, Connecticut.
The end of an era?
Latin American governments are hiking taxes and forcing changes to contracts with oil and gas investors in a marked departure from the economic liberalisation of the 1990s. But reality may prompt a rethink, writes Maria Kielmas