Infrastructure
Jaime Roman, risk managing director, Endesa, Spain
Jaime Roman is chief financial officer and risk managing director at Spanish utility Endesa. Holding a PhD in Electrical Engineering, he was in academia before being approached to join Endesa in 1997
Noble signs India emissions deal
Noble Carbon Credits, part of global supply chain manager Noble Group, has signed a series of long-term certified emission reduction (CER) contracts with India¹s Gujarat Fluorochemicals (GFL).
DME on track for Q4 launch
The DME reveals the details of its first sour crude contract, while construction work begins on its trading floor
Empirical electricity price modelling
Hanjie Chen and John N. Jiang discuss how system-wide load-capacity ratio and system-wide generation forced outages impact day-ahead electricity spot price and show how to incorporate these two key factors in the price modelling
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
Integrating energy data
Knowledge is power, and having the latest information on the marketplace is of paramount importance. Eric Fishhaut looks at why centralising information can have a big impact on tactical management and developing strategies
GlobalCoal launches ARA FOB Barge Index, swap product
GlobalCoal has introduced the ARA FOB Barge Index based on their ARA barge contract.
Coping with setbacks
Most risk managers and employees in energy companies are familiar with the concepts of market risk and credit risk, but operational risk is receiving more attention in corporate boardrooms these days, writes Sandy Fielden
E.ON bids $35 bn for Endesa
German power and gas company E.ON has announced a $35 billion (29.1 billion euro) bid for Spain’s largest power company Endesa.
Credit - Energising credit
Traditional credit instruments can be used to mitigate credit risk in the energy sector, despite the unique risk management challenges, says Chris Coovrey
Commodities Count 2006
The recent swell in energy market participants means the battle for dominance has never been fiercer, but the increased competition means ever-more sophisticated product offerings, finds Stella Farrington
Icecap completes first closing of its carbon portfolio
Icecap, the carbon emissions group, has today reached first closing of its carbon portfolio having raised aggregate commitments to buy 15 million tonnes of carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation markets.
FPL/Constellation merger could be tip of iceberg
High gas prices look set to usher in a wave of fresh consolidation in the utility sector, as companies strive to save costs