Reserve scarcity and price spikes: when ancillary markets become the real stress signal
This blog examines the mechanics behind reserve scarcity and explains why ancillary markets often act as leading indicators of grid stress.
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Ancillary services markets explained: how price discovery really works
This blog shares insights into how price discovery for ancillary services truly works across reserve markets in the UK, DACH, and the Nordics. It also
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Frequency response markets: why FCR prices move independently of wholesale power
For reserve traders, battery portfolio managers, and market analysts, grasping why FCR prices fluctuate independently is crucial for predicting returns and
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Denmark and its neighbours: Flows, spreads and the impact of flow-based coupling
Denmark’s power prices do not move in isolation. Over the past year, shifts in flow-based market coupling, cross-border constraints and rising wind output
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How battery storage expansion in Germany will affect power prices
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) are becoming increasingly important in the German power market. A look at the ‘Marktstammdatenregister’ of the Federal
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Trading and risk management in volatile intraday power markets
In intraday trading, playing the long game does not work as it does in other trading types, such as day-ahead. Traders need to leave static strategies behind
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Liquidity and order books during volatile intraday conditions
In energy trading, the price and the speed at which assets can be sold are critical factors in a market participant's success and profit. This element
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Trading and risk management during system stress events
System stress events are moments when power trading shifts from optimisation to risk containment. Prices accelerate, liquidity evaporates, correlations jump,
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Forecast uncertainty and system stress: why reliability becomes probabilistic
Forecasts form a core component of modern power markets. However, as systems rely more on weather conditions and less on dispatchable capacity, accuracy