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GMSL – A Dominant Vendor and Service Provider in European Gas & Power Markets

GMSL got started in 1996, was acquired by Fluxys SA in 2002 and has grown into a sizeable entity offering 24 by 7 services and software to the European Power & Gas markets. With more than 115 staff around half of whom work in the 24/7 operational services...
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GMSL – A Dominant Vendor and Service Provide in European Gas & Power Markets

GMSL got started in 1996, was acquired by Fluxys SA in 2002 and has grown into a sizeable entity offering 24 by 7 services and software to the European Power & Gas markets. With more than 115 staff around half of whom work in the 24/7 operational services...
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Reality check: Hydrogen’s role in the decarbonized economy.

I used to think about hydrogen as a game-changing fuel that could significantly decarbonize the economy and I was somewhat disappointed reading the recent article in the Financial Times (https://on.ft.com/44R2man) about the potential role and challenges of the green hydrogen. Hydrogen as a fuel offers several significant advantages....
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Cumulus9 Eyes Commodity Derivative Players

Cumulus9 came to our attention recently. According to its website it is “reshaping the landscape of risk management for exchange-traded derivatives. We leverage the power of cloud technology to unlock new dimensions in margin forecasting and risk analytics.” Recently, I spoke with Giuseppe Fiocco, Founder & Managing Director,...
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KYOS Analytical Platform supporting transition to clean energy.

Recently, I had the pleasure of conversing with a senior consultant at KYOS, a company that offers a range of analytical software tools and services. When examining the breadth of software solutions provided by the company, one can find everything from predictive analytics (such as price forecasting) to...
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CubeLogic – Emerging as a Force in Energy & Commodities Risk

Energy & Commodities Credit software has an interesting history and has developed as a class of risk software supplementary to E/CTRM and related software. Back in the early and heady days of ETRM in the late 90’s following FERC636 in the USA, the focus was naturally initially on...
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A Blast from the Past!

Something a bit different today… Here is a flickr library of the days at CommodityPoint – the precursor to ComTech – and what was then the CTRM Technical Conference events that we held in Houston and Prague… See if you can spot yourself? Some very young looking people!...
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Lots of Investor Interest in CTRM and Related Software

This last few months ComTech’s collective phones have been ringing off the hook with VC and PE firms expressing an interest in commodities and the technologies that support the industry. Most often, they are conducting basic research into the space before deciding whether or not it seems like...
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Will Hydrogen help keep Gas pipelines flowing at full capacity?

As we transition from fossil fuels to cleaner and renewable energy sources, Hydrogen may flow alongside Natural Gas throughout the extensive Natural Gas Pipeline networks.  In this post I will briefly describe some of the challenges, opportunities, and real-world experiments involving transportation of gaseous hydrogen in natural gas...
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VuePoint Solutions – Quietly Building UK ETRM Market Share

It had been a while since we heard from UK-based VuePoint Solutions, but a recent spate of marketing emails prompted me to reach out for an update. I connected with Director of Sales, Andy Bray. We had just posted an announcement regarding Bryt Energy selecting VuePoint Solutions Limited...
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