In risk management, valuations of physical commodity trades and assets are often challenging due to modeling complexity. This complexity arises naturally from the physical characteristics of the commodity, for... continue reading
VAKT has been working hard during Q1 on a series of inititiatives, Dale Becker told me this week. Many of these are aimed at extending the use of the... continue reading
AI is being discussed, analyzed, and explored everywhere these days. Yet, it’s still rare to see AI-based software for commodity traders that features full-scale AI capabilities and is already... continue reading
ION’s Carbon Zero solution is one of a small number of solutions that are currently available for firms to manage their own CO2 emissions obligations and voluntary sustainability targets,... continue reading
AI is the defining word of our time. Conversations about AI permeate every aspect of the energy business from coding assistance, data analysis, and forecasting to interface development, risk... continue reading
Yesterday, I received an email from American Clean Power highlighting the key findings of a new study report. The US National Power Demand Study – commissioned by the Alliance... continue reading
Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with Harshad Kolpyakwar, head of product management for Energy at FIS, to discuss the market outlook and FIS’s plans for 2025. As... continue reading
The Fendahl team recently presented me with an overview of their Fusion CTRM solution. Fendahl claims their software is intuitive and easy to use. While most software vendors make... continue reading
Recently, Brady released a white paper outlining how their Energy Data Manager (EDM) interacts with ETRM systems and why EDM is a vital component of the modern energy ecosystem.... continue reading
Brady’s recent announcement around a commodity trading hedge fund adopting Igloo, Brady’s SaaS ETRM, to accelerate efficiency caught my interest. And, as it turns out, there is quite the... continue reading
Damien Tampé is Energy One’s Global CTO and someone I had not met until last week. Keen to learn where Energy One was going with technology, I had a... continue reading
I quite often discover new vendors and often discover that they have actually been around a while operating in a discrete niche and doing well. At the back end... continue reading
Contigo Software had always enjoyed a strong UK presence and installed base with its enTrader ETRM solution – even being deployed by firms with other ETRMs installed specifically to... continue reading
It is evident that energy transition technologies continue to advance despite certain challenges. This is particularly true for power grid expansions and the development of flexibility markets, where Battery... continue reading
It’s been a year since VAKT appointed Tasja Botha as CEO and so recently, I contacted her to find out how she felt that year had gone and what... continue reading
Amphora had a good year in 2024 increasing it client base and ending the year with a very full pipeline, David Glasspool told me recently as I checked in... continue reading
In a relatively short space of time Previse Systems has gained mind share in the industry, according to our latest vendor perception study, and already has more than twenty... continue reading
I have always been intrigued by hedge funds – especially those operating in commodities trading and twenty years ago even wrote a book on the topic for John Wiley... continue reading
AI is a key focus in today’s business landscape, with many companies exploring its applications across various domains. In the ETRM space, AI offers transformative potential. For instance, large... continue reading
When considering AI applications in the energy sector, use cases that come to mind normally include predictive analytics, reporting, and the automation of back-office processes and operations. Modern forecasting... continue reading
Hitachi Energy occupy an interesting position as a vendor from our perspective as analysts. In earlier versions of our published book on CTRM software, we highlighted the asset heavy... continue reading
