What’s happening now.

Almost every Nordic trading pitch has a slide on day-ahead–intraday arbitrage. Sell in day-ahead, buy back in intraday, keep the spread.

A Finnish battery storage asset can no longer rely on reserve markets alone. Revenue has to be built by optimising the battery across every available electricity market, taking into account the battery’s costs and constraints as well as shifting market conditions.

An e-boiler’s profitability comes down to when it runs and which markets its flexibility is sold to. The megawatts in an investment case tell you how much flexibility exists in principle, but they don’t give you enough to work with day to day.

Powering Profit: Hytrade exploring BESS Market Strategy for Merus Power.

Hytrade powers Lahti Energia Oy: Significant value creation by optimizing heat boilers – new tool developed together to respond to changing power markets.