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UK-Netherlands electricity cable starts commercial operations
BritNed is the first electricity interconnector between the two countries and has a capacity of 1000MW which can flow in either direction depending on relative supply and demand.
S&P: Negative hedging outlook for nat gas producers
High natural gas supply, weak prices to continue; non-investment grade producers to suffer as current hedges roll off
Further uncertainty for US carbon trading
Californian carbon cap-and-trade scheme suffers legal set-back on road to 2012 start date
MEFF launches central clearing for electricity derivatives
Increased liquidity in the Spanish market necessitates netting and reduction of counterparty risk, says managing director
LNG supplies for EU could be diverted to Japan
European LNG supplies could be under threat as they become vulnerable to diversion into Japan
HSBC looking to expand into gas and coal
The bank has already added oil products to its offering through a partnership with Totsa, but is looking at other areas in energy and commodities markets
Gas groups rethink regulatory issues
Global co-ordination needed between gas regulators and operators; international group to report on infrastructure and environment in 2012
Sponsored Q&A: JP Morgan
JP Morgan jumps on Asia potential
Sponsored Q&A: APX-ENDEX
BritNed project connects European powers
Iraq oil: promises and challenges
Hurdles ahead
US renewable energy: A carrot and stick approach
Carrot and stick
Oil options “frenzy” as corporates shift hedges in response to Mideast crisis
Mideast and Libya crisis fuels oil options “frenzy”
Cutting edge technical: Carbon derivatives pricing
Carbon derivatives pricing: an arbitrageable market
Steady progress for European power market coupling
Coupling up in Europe
Solid growth expected for Asian coal markets
Robust stock levels
Testing times for biofuels
New generation
Volatile agricultural commodity prices drive hedging activities
Harvesting hedges
EC tightening of carbon spot market could threaten forward market
Industry experts are wary of European Commission proposals intended to bring additional safeguards to the spot market
US: States rethink carbon trading scheme
New Hampshire House votes to leave RGGI, New Jersey could follow; change in states’ attitudes to cap-and-trade “not surprising”
Volatility spike boosts oil options trading volume to all-time high
The sharp increase in oil price volatility resulting from political upheaval in Libya and across the Middle East has helped push the volume of oil options traded to a new all-time high
Algorithmic trading will come to coal and natural gas, says exchange president
When coal and gas futures reach the liquidity levels of oil, algorithmic traders will enter the marketplace
Energy companies face software integration issues
Energy Risk software survey shows traders plan to add to ETRM systems in 2011; vendors discuss integration problems
Middle East protests spread to major oil-producing countries
Brent crude reaches its highest price since September 2008