Renewables
US carbon trade surviving below the radar
As the Trump administration refuses to address climate change both at home and abroad, a growing number of states are taking the lead, but will this enthusiasm reignite US environmental trading markets?
Sanctions and renewables inform LME product plans
Metal exchange expansion focuses on effects of geopolitics and boom in demand for batteries
Energy transition: adapting to the unknown
Uncertainty surrounds the oil industry at every step in the transition to a more diversified energy market, energy experts write
Keeping the lights on
Power companies need to focus on resilient networks
UK balancing market opening up to industrials
Will efforts to open UK balancing market garner interest beyond suppliers and aggregators?
Electricity house of the year: Engie
Energy Risk Awards 2018: For global energy firm focus is on anticipating client expectations, not just market trends
The changing face of European power trading
Large pools of data, an abundance of cheap and powerful computing capacity, the rise of renewables, and the development of the smart grid are having a significant impact on European power and gas trading. New and interesting developments continue to…
Risk transformation of a zero-subsidy wind portfolio
Joaquin Narro analyses the hedging of a hypothetical zero-subsidy wind portfolio with base load products in the futures markets, in a situation that is becoming increasingly relevant to the portfolio managers of wind farms, due to the decline of the cost…
The renewable future
The shift to solar and wind is creating new challenges
European renewables turn to corporates as states retreat
Can corporate PPAs help smooth European power market transformation?
Navigating the new energy market dynamics
Utilities need to adopt new decision-making tools in order to compete in the “new normal” environment of renewable energy supply
Intraday power storage and demand optionality
George Levy discusses the value of intraday power storage and demand optionality in UK power contracts
Commodity finance house of the year, Asia: Societe Generale
Energy Risk Asia awards, 2017: Green initiatives drive bank’s Asian energy funding business
Top 10 energy risks and challenges
Regulation and changing market dynamics among threats to energy in year ahead
Commodity research house of the year: Natixis
Energy Risk Awards 2017: Forecasting accuracy sets French bank apart in oil and gas analytics
Electricity house of the year: Citi
Energy Risk Awards 2017: Citi stands out with sophisticated power deals
Uniper’s Khan on risk transformation and green energy
As energy markets change risk management should be at the heart of business strategy, says Novera Khan
One step ahead: Power price volatility in eastern Europe
GEN-I, named the top power dealer in eastern Europe in the 2017 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings, pursues complementary local and global strategies to respond to the challenges of renewables and regulation, and to profit from a turbulent energy market
Asia commodity finance house of the year: Societe Generale
SG CIB makes Asia renewables expansion the cornerstone of its commodity finance business
Hidden risks for corporates in renewable energy PPAs
Buyers face load, covariance and basis risks in typical agreements
Disasters can give valuable lessons – Engie Global Markets CRO
Ken Robinson reflects on the ‘good, bad and ugly’ in energy risk management
Fintech firms seek to apply blockchain to commodities
Potential uses range from tracking physical invenstories to payment systems for rooftop solar power
When governments invent new markets, expect trouble
Price spikes in US ethanol credits highlight problems with fiat markets, Vincent Kaminski argues
BNP Paribas shakes up commodities business
Soulami shifts to green-energy role after 10 years as commodity derivatives chief; other moves at BMO, JP Morgan and Phibro