The power of many

Contact Newsletter +49 221/ 82 00 85 - 0

All about Power trading

Knowledge / Power trading / Energy Trading / Electricity Market / Power market / Knowledge / EPEX

Power Trading

What is Power Trading?
Definition

Power trading refers to purchasing and selling power between participants in the energy industry . Various forms of power trading are possible depending on the market design, ranging from short-term trading to long-term power purchase agreements.

See more
rising electricity prices at the power exchange
Energy Blog / Electricity Market / Energy Market / Power trading / Energy Exchange / Renewable Energy

Rising Electricity Prices in Germany – a Renewables Booster

For several months, the German power exchange prices have been moving in only one direction: straight up. In an interview with our electricity trader Jan Egidi, we take a closer look at this development and talk about the implications of this trend for the German renewables industry.

See more
Occurence of negative electricity prices in the power system explained.
Energy Blog / Energy Exchange / Energy Trading / European grid / Renewable Energy / Power trading

Negative electricity prices: Fever symptoms or business as usual?

Since the beginning of the corona crisis, negative power prices have become quite common for electricity traders: In this blog, we explain how negative electricity prices develop and what is positive about them.

See more
Market value factors of electricity coming from solar panels.
Energy Blog / Data analysis / Forecasting / Power trading / Solar / Control Reserve

Sunny prospects

Good solar forecasts create significant added value. They optimize sales for photovoltaic assets, which leads to lower balancing and control reserve costs. Complicated algorithms working in the background ensure that the forecasts are as accurate as possible. They process large volumes of data from multiple sources so traders are well-positioned on the market.

See more
Knowledge / Electricity Market / Energy Market / Knowledge / Power trading

The energy-only market

What is the energy-only market (EOM)?Definition

In terms of the underlying concepts, an energy-only market is the opposite of a capacity market. An energy-only market only compensates power that has been produced. A capacity market, on the other hand, compensates the mere readiness, or capacity, for power production. 

To ensure supply is guaranteed, the energy-only market is supplemented by various flexibility options, such as control reserve markets. Beyond that, there are usually additional reserve models similar to a capacity market aimed at guaranteeing supply.

See more
Knowledge / Energy Exchange / Energy Trading / Knowledge / Power trading

List of power & energy exchanges worldwide

List of power & energy exchanges worldwide

If you have additional information that may be useful to enhance this list or if you find errors in this list, please write us at info@next-kraftwerke.com. And please do also write us in case you are looking for an energy trader, we may already be active in the region you are looking for…

See more
Power to Gas Unit turns excess Wind Power to Hydrogen
Energy Blog / Power to Gas / Virtual Power Plant / Wind Energy / Utility / Power trading

A storm turns to gas

Winter storm Axel, which set the current wind energy record in Germany, was also the source of a large wind power excess in Germany – and a considerable amount of hydrogen gas for the municipal utility company in the town of Hassfurt. There, the power-to-gas (PtG) installation, owned jointly by the city utility and Greenpeace Energy, stored the excess and particularly cheap wind energy in a matter of seconds as hydrogen wind gas.

See more