Trading the noise: The real drivers of CWE intraday power markets and the NRV advantage

Intraday markets in Central Western Europe (CWE) move fast. Prices react within minutes to wind ramps, solar forecast errors, outages, cross-border flows and balancing signals. There are more and more impacts from curtailment, sudden interconnector moves and you will want to know what the market is responding to.

In this session, Jean-Paul Harreman, Director at Montel EnAppSys, cuts through the noise to focus on what truly drives intraday price formation across CWE bidding zones.

You will learn:

• How renewable forecast errors and curtailment translate into intraday volatility

• What the value of flexibility tells you about the market in the coming hours

• Why renewable forecasts are struggling with new realities

• How to track when others start trading and feed this into your analytics

• How balancing signals and system stress shape price spikes

Jean-Paul will also explain the NRV advantage – how near-real-time imbalance calculations, nowcasts and cross-market data can sharpen reaction time and improve trade timing in fast-moving markets.

Designed for traders, analysts and portfolio managers active in CWE short-term markets, this session delivers clear, practical insight you can apply immediately to your intraday workflow.

If you operate in 15-minute products, balancing markets or cross-border spreads, this is a session you do not want to miss.