Power trading portfolio optimisation explained: from positions to strategy
Power portfolio optimisation means turning market signals into positions that balance returns, risk and flexibility across every delivery horizon.
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What is CBAM? The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism explained
CBAM extends the EU carbon price to imported goods: importers of steel, cement or electricity now have to pay for the emissions behind them, roughly what an
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What are capacity markets? How countries pay to keep the lights on
A capacity market pays power stations, batteries and consumers for being available, not for the energy they actually produce. Countries run them because
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What is energy security? How geopolitical risk reshapes power and gas prices
Energy security is a country's ability to keep reliable, affordable energy flowing, and when geopolitical events threaten that supply, power and gas
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Reading LNG cargo pricing against pipeline gas benchmarks like TTF and NBP
LNG cargoes delivered into Europe are commonly priced against the TTF or NBP gas hubs, so knowing how these benchmarks relate to each other helps buyers and
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What open, high, low and close tell you about spot power price data
Open, high, low and close figures sum up a full day of spot power prices in just four numbers, and this article explains what each one tells you and how to
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What is the merit order, and how are power prices set?
Almost every power price movement comes back to the same mechanism: the merit order, the ranking that decides which plant runs and which one sets the price
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What Granular Guarantees of Origin add that standard GOs do not
As reporting rules push toward proof that renewable power was actually available when it was used, granular Guarantees of Origin are emerging as a sharper
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What are day-ahead, intraday and balancing markets? A simple guide to power trading
Europe's electricity system runs on three connected markets, day-ahead, intraday and balancing, that let traders and grid operators keep supply and