Confessions of an Energy Trader

This blog is written by the FLEXPOWER collective. We are traders and engineers sharing our perspectives on the energy market. While we may show you some neat analysis and correct grammar here and there, we will treat this mainly as a quick&dirty view of the facts as we see them. We have no claim to final truths but want to throw you some interesting facts and opinions to start a discussion. Feel free to engage and be controversial. However, please: keep calm and civil. It's only words.

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17 German power traders for renewable energies, who place well over 45 gigawatts of solar and wind power on the power exchanges every day, fear negative effects on the market integration of renewable energies due to the current legislative proposal for the new German Energy Industry Act.

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Shutting off green and cheap renewable energy is a counterintuitive practice that has been widely discussed and usually criticized in the past. We will use this blog to shed light on the business logic of economic renewable curtailment in order to structure the logic behind a debate that has been the cause of torn out hairs in many companies including our own.

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After an extensive test phase, Hamburg-based power trader FLEXPOWER has launched a self-developed platform for the conclusion of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). On PowerMatch, power consumers and power producers can now view prices for the purchase or sale of renewable energy power live and in a transparent way.

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The enwex index presents 24 values per day for solar and wind based on the projected utilization of both technologies, thus providing a reliable basis for the daily calculation of market values for solar and wind power for the first time.

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With ChatGPT making waves the discussion around machines taking over short-term power trading has once again gained momentum. This article presents our view on the future of machine driven power trading and decision making.

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Shutting off green and cheap renewable energy is a counterintuitive practice that has been widely discussed and usually criticized in the past. We will use this blog to shed light on the business logic of economic renewable curtailment in order to structure the logic behind a debate that has been the cause of torn out hairs in many companies including our own.

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CF Flex Power GmbH (“FLEXPOWER”) is a new trader entering the European electricity market. The Hamburg-based power trader focuses on the market integration of renewable energies and the potential of stationary battery storage to provide flexibility for the electricity market.

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The German government plans to introduce a price cap (essentially a tax) for energy producers. This will likely lead to the curtailment of valuable green energy production at times of positive prices (worst case). Best case it will introduce a minimum price floor in markets exactly at the level of the marginal tax rate.

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Direct Marketing Contracts in Germany are traditionally settled against so-called Reference Market Values. We believe that this is an outdated approach which increases uncertainty and thereby lowers the income of Renewable producers.

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The pending price caps for renewable assets is a reasonable idea, however, it creates extreme uncertainty and paralyzes the market. If executed badly, it could bankrupt hedged renewable asset owners.

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The decarbonization of energy is the largest industrial endeavor of our time. Energy supplies are changing from large, centralized and dispatchable plants to small, decentralized and weather-dependent renewables: mostly wind and solar.

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This Blog is written by the FLEXPOWER collective. We are traders and engineers sharing our perspectives on the energy market. While we may show you some neat analysis and correct grammar here and there, we will treat this mainly as a quick&dirty view of the facts as we see them. We have no claim to final truths but want to throw you some interesting facts and opinions to start a discussion. Feel free to engage and be controversial. However, please: keep calm and civil. It's only words.

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