Jan 18, 2023 | Insight
The 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt at the end of November 2022, saw the usual flurry of activity and intensive negotiations as many parties endeavoured to make...
Oct 13, 2022 | Insight
As reported in the Financial Times last weekend and confirmed by the government’s business department on the 12th October, a price cap on low-carbon electricity generators will be introduced. While the business department’s “Cost-Plus Revenue Limit” announcement,...
Oct 6, 2022 | Insight
In 1976, the Labour Party government of Harold Wilson created the British National Oil Corporation, BNOC. The Yom Kippur war in 1973 and OPEC’s subsequent oil embargo had caused consternation in the Western world and led to Governments scrambling for oil supply....
Aug 18, 2022 | Insight
Industrial participants in the natural resource and commodity markets are stepping up efforts to set up and develop their supply and trading capabilities. Considering the specific challenges facing industrials, this article co-written with our partners HC Group gives...
Jul 27, 2022 | Insight
The arrangements which currently govern the commercial operation of the electric power industry in the UK date back, in large part, to the time of privatisation in the very early 1990s. Simple in conception, if complicated in practice, the main elements included in...
Mar 28, 2022 | Insight
Energex guest writer, Kevin O’Reilly offers here a unique take on the financing woes of commodities trading. The 11th Annual FT commodity summit in Lausanne attracted more attention than usual. A European war, persistent Covid-19 related supply-chain issues, and...
