Battery energy storage systems are becoming a cornerstone of Germany’s energy transition. We explore the financial opportunities and risks in Germany’s wholesale and balancing markets.
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Electricity (cross-product) price volatility has historically been closely linked to overall price levels. This trend seems to have ended in 2024 in Germany, as low marginal cost renewables are pushing the overall wholesale price level down, while peakers such as gas and batteries need to finance their investments in relatively few but increasingly expensive production hours
In recent years, if you’re involved in the power sector, you’ve likely come across discussions about Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Some consider them a cure-all for advancing the energy transition, and we, too, recognize their crucial role. However, it’s essential to grasp that a PPA is essentially a contract for buying or selling power, without specifying the type.
Cooperation between trawa and FlexPower Enables Companies to Easily Transition to Renewable Energies
Next-generation energy provider trawa and Hamburg-based electricity trader FlexPower have entered into a long-term partnership. This collaboration allows businesses of all sizes to source renewable energy easily and cost-effectively. Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), trawa develops an optimized power procurement strategy based on historical consumption and current market data, aiming to reduce emissions and costs. As a market partner, FlexPower provides the necessary market access through its own electricity trading and a platform for Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with renewable energy facilities to implement the optimized power procurement.
The question of proactive balancing group management to support the electricity system has been a hotly debated topic in German electricity trading for years. Should balancing responsible parties – as in many other European countries – also be allowed to support the system in Germany through deliberate imbalances in their portfolios or not? FlexPower discusses the results of a new study on this topic with the author, Prof. Dr. Lion Hirth from NEON Neue Energieökonomik.