Energy Risk
Clearing the way?
Germany
Growing quietly
Germany
Airlines tackle price turbulence
Industry woes force airlines to get serious about improving efficiencies, including implementing new hedging and procurement tools, as Don Stowers discovers
Going to extremes
With regional generating capacity in the US having to tackle temperature extremes, software provider Logical Information Machines looks at Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland market data history to suggest how we might forecast such extremes
Going OTC with forwards and swaps
Continuing our series of risk management tutorials, this month Dan Rowe look at swaps and forward contracts in the over-the-counter market
Facing up to the brave new world
US firm Xcel Energy is coming to terms with new market realities in the US – and not wholly as a result of the Enron factor. Don Stowers profiles the company
When the wind doesn’t blow
In light of the increased interest in investing in renewable energy following the publication of the EU renewables directive in September, David Pethick, Rebecca Calder and Chris Clancy suggest a method of reducing wind risk
Not just a quick fix
Real options are an accepted risk management technique in the energy sector. Kevin Foster takes a look at how are they being used and what factors are affecting their development and implementation
Knowing your limits
Value-at-risk limits are widely used risk management instruments. But issues over the allocation of Var limits remain, says Brett Humphreys
Filling the energy void
The market for the trading standard energy blocks online is one of the most highly contested, but with new exchange E-lecTrade the focus switches to structured products. By Don Stowers
In the right direction
In this, the second of a two-part series on advanced options, we look at the concept of directional strategies and consider various methods of employing them. By Doug Coyne
