The rise of the intra-day market has been a European power trading mega-trend
European power trading innovation: The rush to intra-day
The profits to be made from optimising a portfolio on a close-to-real-time basis have driven a significant shift in the market
It would have been difficult to imagine, just a few years ago, that a German spot power market participant would have not traded the day-ahead market. But that is exactly what customers are now telling Georg Ostermaier, managing director of German software firm Decision Trees. The rise of the intra-day market has been a European power trading mega-trend in recent years. Ostermaier tells Petroleum Economist more. Georg Ostermaier, managing director of Decision Trees What is Decision Trees’ core offering in the in the European electricity space? Ostermaier: Our core product is a comprehensive software system called DT Energy, which is a d
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