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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Intraday spreads and volatility: peak, off-peak and regional effects
In an environment where most variables, such as the amount of renewable energy generated during a certain period, are unpredictable, the ability to identify
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Solar generation and intraday volatility: ramps, clouds and price shocks
Renewable energy relies on harnessing the power of the weather, which can result in unpredictable amounts of energy available to serve the grid, making
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Wind-driven intraday volatility: patterns, risks and opportunities
Renewable energy is, by its nature, intermittent. It relies on the weather to generate energy, and so it is at the mercy of natural elements. Wind energy is
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Intraday volatility in power markets explained: the renewable effect
In the power market, pricing is often open to extreme changes in pricing. When this occurs on the day of delivery, within a single day of trading, we call it
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Renewable forecast errors: the primary driver of intraday price swings
Renewable energy is in itself an intermittent source of power, and this unpredictability can have an effect on intraday price swings elsewhere in the market.