I recently took a briefing from Powel, primarily around their intra-day and automated trading offerings. Powel is now a sizable company with offices in 7 countries including south America however, its primary area of activity remains Europe where it has a large number of prestigious clients in the...
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ProCom is a German company that offers both consultancy and IT tools throughout the energy value chain from production to trading. With over 100 employees, ProCom’s headquarter is in Aachen with one subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. Until recently, its focus has been on the German market, as is...
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From time to time, we find a vendor that was previously unknown to us. About a year ago, we came across a vendor called eZ-nergy because of their partnership with UK-based ETRM vendor Contigo. eZ-nergy offer a range of software products and services but in the context of...
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It’s been quite meager times for commodity traders over the last couple of years. Profitable trades are getting harder and harder to find as arbitrage and basis disappear. Market initiatives like European power market coupling actually erode basis by creating a broader pricing zone and, in power, the...
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I noticed that yesterday, a number of US-based news outlets picked up on some European news around Coal. A couple of weeks ago, and without much fanfare, at least here in Europe, Eurelectric’s 3500 members agreed to not invest in new coal plants after 2020 (Polish and Greek...
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From time to time, Comtech welcomes other writers to the blog at CTRMCenter. Gary Craze is already an ad hoc contributor for example. We are happy to report that industry veteran David Calmonson will also be supplying a number of blog articles to the site drawing upon his...
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I often have to field the question regarding ETRM software for European power and related commodities. What is the best commercial solution? The answer isn’t easy. European power markets have developed over time primarily as regional markets within countries or areas like the Nordics. As each market evolved...
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Over the last 12-months or so, OpenLink has announced a string of (for it) rather untypical license deals in the middle tier in European power and gas, including firms like Romande Energie, MET group, Energy Delivery Solutions, and several others. In fact, it has announced some six such...
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Over the last 12-months or so, OpenLink has announced a string of (for it) rather untypical license deals in the middle tier in European power and gas, including firms like Romande Energie, MET group, Energy Delivery Solutions, and several others. In fact, it has announced some six such...
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Over the last 12-months or so, OpenLink has announced a string of (for it) rather untypical license deals in the middle tier in European power and gas, including firms like Romande Energie, MET group, Energy Delivery Solutions, and several others. In fact, it has announced some six such...
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