Energy transition
Operational risk becoming more complex for hydro generators
Mounting regulations could wear away the flexibility of hydropower over time. Pauline McCallion looks at the risks faced by US hydropower operators today and the methods being used to manage them
Technology advances at energy exchanges and trading platforms
Energy Risk canvasses leading energy and power exchanges along with trading system vendors on their recent and ongoing technological developments. Roger Aitken reports
Biomass exchange: catalyst for European renewables?
The opening of a new Rotterdam-based biomass exchange is being hailed as the first step toward a functioning market for renewables within Europe. Ned Molloy reports
Ferc to re-examine wider impact of California power crisis
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has reopened a case concerning the impact of the 2000–01 California power crisis on the Pacific Northwest. Pauline McCallion reports
Video: European power market participants bullish on market coupling
Participants within Europe's electricity markets expect market coupling to continue apace in the next few years, making a European-wide integrated power market possible by 2014
Acer to issue guidelines to clarify Remit definition problems, says Pototschnig
The head of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators says new non-binding guidance will appear shortly after the Remit regulation is published in the EU's official journal
Energy players assess MF Global fallout
MF Global’s bankruptcy is unlikely to significantly impact commodity markets, participants say, but could affect the Dodd-Frank rule-making process
Energy firms need to gear up for Remit insider-trading rules, lawyers warn
As early as December, energy trading firms could be subject to a compliance regime for Europe's complex - and confusing - new insider-trading rules
Energy Risk Europe: Oil up $4/bbl for every 1% hike in China, India oil imports: report
New research provides evidence that a relationship exists between the demand for oil from China and India and Brent crude prices
Energy Risk Europe: energy trading firms' technology not ready for new rules
Many energy trading firms have yet to begin getting the technological infrastructure in place to comply with new EU and US financial market regulations, say panellists
Energy Risk Europe: Remit language too loose, say panellists
Weaknesses exist in the language of new rules meant to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse in the wholesale energy sector
Energy Risk Europe: eurozone sovereign debt fears could exacerbate oil supply problems, says Currie
Fears that the sovereign debt crisis will lead to global financial shock is causing oil producers to reduce inventory and cut back investment – creating a potential supply problem in future, warns Goldman Sachs commodities research head
Energy Risk Asia Awards 2011
Energy Risk's Asia awards 2011
Q&A: Kwame Okyere-Mensuo, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana
Kwame Okyere-Mensuo, technical adviser at Ghana’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, talks about the country’s pioneering import hedging programme, as well as the hedging of output from the Jubilee field
Energy Risk Manager of the Year, Asia: Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley wins this year's Energy Risk Manager of the Year, Asia award due to the continued expansion of its diverse physical operations, and the tight integration of its risk management function with other areas such as corporate finance.