Energy Risk
CantorCO2e launches VER initiative
Environmental broker CantorCO2e has launched a new venture, the Social Carbon Company, to provide advice and carbon management services to project developers in the Verified Emission Reduction (VER) market.
Valid Assumptions Required: delta-normal VaR
A delta-normal value-at-risk is one of the basic tools of risk management. Brett Humphreys discusses the assumptions associated with this calculation.
Application of MFMC model to cargo dispatch
This month’s Masterclass looks at the use of a multi-factor, multi-commoditymodel to determine the optimal location for shipping a cargo,specifically the delivery of LNG. By John Breslin, Les Clewlow, Calvin Kwokand Chris Strickland
Risk management
British Energy supplies around one-sixth of the UK’s power through its eight nuclear power stations and one coal plant.Prudent trading risk management has evolved in British Energy to optimisefinancial returns on the power generated by its nuclear fleet,…
Enel goes green in China
Italian utility Enel has signed two agreements in China, one to develop Chinese clean coal and carbon capture and storage projects, the other to purchase over 11 million certified emission reduction (CER) credits from green projects in the Chinese steel…
Financial contracts to make June debut on DME
The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) will launch two financially settled futures contracts for Brent and Oman crude oil for trade date June 2, adding to its existing physically delivered Oman futures benchmark contract.
Crude posts new high as analysts eye $200/bbl
Crude oil closed at a new record high of $121.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex).
A new generation of risk
The UK government recently committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations - the first in the UK for 13 years - funded by the private sector. Roderick Bruce examines the financial and regulatory risks facing potential stakeholders
Automating energy markets
Automation in physical energy markets - far behind that of financial markets - is now within striking distance, writes James Caffrey, VP Strategic Consulting, TradeCapture
Brenda Boultwood
Brenda Boultwood, Constellation Energy's chief risk officer, talks to Roderick Bruce about doing anything you set your mind to
Joining forces
After several false starts the Iberian electricity market, Mibel, finally launched last year, linking the power markets of Spain and Portugal. Andrew Holt looks at what changes it has brought about
The rise or fall of CDM
European Commission proposals to limit the use of Clean Development Mechanism credits post-2012 came as a surprise to many carbon market participants. Kristian Tangen and Kjetil Røine of Point Carbon discuss the implications
Building for the future
As US electric utility companies strive to meet soaring power demand, they are also coming under increasing pressure to lower carbon emissions. Richard McMahon of the Edison Electric Institute looks at how firms plan to meet these two potentially…
A man with a mission
The future of Russian energy under president-elect Dmitri Medvedev largely depends upon his ability to navigate the country's Byzantine political climate, writes Robert Amsterdam
Rising suns
Asia's rapidly growing and energy-intensive economies are driving a global nuclear renaissance, writes Lauren Hilgers