November 2024

More and more electricity is being produced in renewable energy plants. Regulatory adjustments and new markets or products are required in order to integrate these into the market as efficiently as possible. The role of the electricity exchanges is of central importance here. This was particularly evident in the summer when there was a breakdown at EPEX. We look forward - and back.

September 2024

What was going on? It seemed as if all the bears were on vacation at the height of summer and the bulls had taken over the commodity markets. An astonishing price rally - there was no sign of a summer slump. In the meantime, however, calm has returned.

August 2024

Guarantees of origin, European green electricity labels, hourly granularity, simultaneity of green electricity supply and generation, optional coupling of GoOs - are you still keeping track? We shed light on all these topics as well as current developments - and of course their impact on consumers and system operators.

May 2024

Price zone splitting: The term comes more from the vocabulary of energy market experts, but has also appeared in the media in recent weeks. While politicians from the northern federal states consider price zone splitting to be absolutely necessary, politicians from the south see it as a disadvantage for their industry. We try to explain the splitting and the possible effects.

March 2024

Electricity prices have fallen sharply on both the spot market and the futures market since the beginning of the year. The reasons include the low demand for gas with well-filled storage facilities. The outlook is also currently more in favour of the bears than the bulls on the market.

February 2024

Battery storage systems are a fundamental factor for the success of the energy transition. In addition to security of supply, they bring further advantages - for example in terms of revenue potential in the balancing energy market or in arbitrage trading. At Vattenfall, we combine historical experience with innovative concepts.

December 2023

Wholesale prices for electricity and gas appear to have stabilised - at a surprisingly low level for the current cold weather. The reasons for this include the good gas supply situation and prospects of milder temperatures.

December 2023

Managing power plants manually is becoming increasingly complex with the increase in volatile generation. At Vattenfall, we have therefore developed a trading algorithm that optimises a wide variety of power plant types, large batteries and even hydrogen storage facilities and provides fully automated flexibility on the electricity and balancing energy market.

October 2023

After the falling electricity prices in the spring, there were already signs in the June Summer Market Outlook that slightly bullish tendencies were emerging again. These are currently strengthening, not least due to the war in the Middle East.

Juni 2023

Die diesjährige E-World war so groß wie vor der Pandemie. Die Gesprächsthemen jedoch haben sich gewandelt: So wurden vor allem die Preisentwicklung mit all ihren Auswirkungen sowie die unterschiedlichen Möglichkeiten für den Grünstrombezug diskutiert.

März 2023

Das Ende der 20-jährigen EEG-Förderung und die nach wie vor hohen Marktpreise begünstigen den Handel mit Herkunftsnachweisen und verändern den Markt. Welche Potenziale sich bieten, warum es immer noch viele skandinavische Nachweise im Markt gibt und wie sich der Handel entwickeln könnte, klären wir im Interview.