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The case for cross-market optimization: Trading BESS on a moving horizon

Cross-market optimization delivers the strongest business case for battery energy storage systems (BESS) trading. To explain why, we break down the trading landscape across ancillary services, spot markets, and the balancing market.

Trading-as-a-service: Four core principles for turning data into winning short-term power trades

For independent power producers (IPPs) and energy offtakers alike, TaaS helps unlock value in volatile short-term power markets. However, not all TaaS solutions are created in the same way.

Forecasting solar power production with machine learning: How it works and where it’s heading

AI is indispensable for predicting the production – and prices – of intermittent renewables like solar and wind. Discover how we build and deliver accurate AI solar power forecasts and explore future developments.

2024 in review: The events that shaped short-term power markets

Whilst the peak of the energy crisis is behind us (for now), 2024 was anything but ordinary. We reflect on the year’s most widely debated and consequential short-term power market moments and prepare for what’s ahead in 2025.

TIDE in Italy: Dispatching and balancing reform explained by short-term power traders

Starting January 1st, 2025, Italy’s regulatory authority will roll out a major dispatching and balancing reform: TIDE. A key change is the shift to 15-minute imbalance prices.

Belgium joins PICASSO: Expected impact on imbalance prices

Belgium will join the European cross-border balancing platform PICASSO. This step aligns Belgium with the EU’s broader efforts to harmonize balancing markets, enhancing the coordination of aFRR activations across borders.

Go-live of PICASSO in the Netherlands: What is the impact on imbalance prices?

In just a few days, Dutch Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT will join the European cross-border balancing platform PICASSO, making the Netherlands the first country to go live after Italy suspended its participation.

Dexter’s forecasting and trading signals now integrated with PowerBot’s execution algorithm

Our power generation forecasts and automated bidding strategies can now seamlessly integrate with PowerBot’s execution algorithms. PowerBot’s customers can leverage AI-driven renewable forecasts without any additional effort.

Profiting from renewables: Economic shifts and flexibility gains in short-term power trading

Although the cost of producing green power has decreased, the expenses associated with integrating it into the grid are rising. Moreover, volatility and negative prices are spreading to new regions.

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