Energy transition
Out on its own
European countries tend to have an appointed power market regulator, but Germany has taken a self-regulatory approach. How does the electricity spot price behave as a result? Tobias Federico offers an econometric analysis
At the heart of Europe
As the rest of Europe has still to get fully to grips with cross-border energy trading in a liberalising environment, Germany, Austria and Switzerland are providing an example of a workable regional electricity market, says Eurof Thomas
When the wind doesn’t blow
In light of the increased interest in investing in renewable energy following the publication of the EU renewables directive in September, David Pethick, Rebecca Calder and Chris Clancy suggest a method of reducing wind risk
Facing up to the brave new world
US firm Xcel Energy is coming to terms with new market realities in the US – and not wholly as a result of the Enron factor. Don Stowers profiles the company
Going to extremes
With regional generating capacity in the US having to tackle temperature extremes, software provider Logical Information Machines looks at Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland market data history to suggest how we might forecast such extremes
Airlines tackle price turbulence
Industry woes force airlines to get serious about improving efficiencies, including implementing new hedging and procurement tools, as Don Stowers discovers
Filling the energy void
The market for the trading standard energy blocks online is one of the most highly contested, but with new exchange E-lecTrade the focus switches to structured products. By Don Stowers
European gas hub trading:developments and risks
Energy market information specialist GlobalView Software takes a look at trading patterns at the developing European gas hubs and considers the risks in hedging spot trades at these hubs
Oil giants look to gas and power trading
Despite the fall of energy trader Enron, Shell and BP are both seeking to develop their wholesale trading side, and have selected Tibco’s systems to help them do so. By Don Stowers
Where now for Nordic?
The Nordic electricity sector is usually held up as the best working market in the world. We investigate why it is so successful and what it plans to do now that other countries in Europe are opening up their power sectors. By Joel Hanley