Energy Risk
T Boone launches wind power plan
Texas oilman T Boone Pickens has launched a plan to address the United States’ dependence on foreign oil by aiming to generate at least 20% of the nation’s energy supply through wind power.
Triple Point acquires ROME
Risk management software provider Triple Point has acquired credit risk management provider ROME.
Jet fuel futures contract takes off at MCX
Mumbai, India-based Multi-Commodities Exchange (MCX) has begun trading jet fuel futures contracts to help Indian airlines and refineries hedge against rising crude oil prices.
GFI introduces Nymex CAPP
Inter-dealer broker GFI has introduced a Nymex look-alike Central Appalachian (CAPP) coal contract that can be cleared via Nymex Clearport.
Pivot accesses over-the-counter market
Pivot Instant Markets is an improved version of Pivot 360 which offers over-the-counter (OTC) traders faster and more efficient methods for trading.
Barclays Capital launches US power index
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, has launched the first US national benchmark index for power prices.
Carbon traders connect
Over 1,000 delegates signed up to the Environmental Risk carbon trading e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk on May 28. Roderick Bruce looks at some of the highlights
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
Marty Malinow
Newly crowned WRMA president Marty Malinow tells David Watkins that there's fewer than six degrees of separation between life, business and the weather markets
A meeting of minds
Now in its 12th year, the Energy Risk USA conference in Houston once again brought together key figures in the energy industry to debate the hottest topics. The Energy Risk team reports