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The energy industry has developed rapidly towards the goal of a single European market but there has been more progress on electricity than gas. Continued vertical integration may be required to ensure the correct balance between new infrastructure investment and competition.
Wholesale prices reflects production costs, and this theory certainly substantiates the volatility of the electricity market. Deregulation has made making market predictions difficult, but price development simulation provides a helping hand.
The European power market is being transformed into a highly competitive one where producers, consumers and traders must carefully anlyse trading risks.
The new challenges of a deregulated European power market will mean a whole new competitive environment for power producers, consumers and investors. Here Ragnar Ottosen describes how price forecasting can be used effectively in this market.
The european power market is being transformed into a competitive market where producers, consumers and traders have to carefully analyse the risks involved.
PowerITS, the electronic platform provider, and the electricity consultant and portfolio adviser SKM give an overview of recent developments in electricity market-places and the opportunities and challenges for their users.
The introduction of 'hybrid' electronic marketplaces for electricity trading heralds a new era for energy price risk management.
Success invites scrutiny. So when participants on the Nordic power exchange Nord Pool, the world's first international power exchange, talk of problems with the market, the rest of the world's electricity industry should take note.
Competition in the European power market-place is hotting up. Producers, consumers and traders will have to analyse the new risks involved.
As Nord Pool volume soars some brokers fear the worst for future growth. While much of the Nordic region may be a model for power reformers everywhere with its deregulated power markets, a look at the finer details may give observers pause for thought.