Workshop aimed at traders, aggregators, market representatives, control centres and grid operators
This workshop is aimed at traders, demand aggregators and market representatives seeking to optimise their participation in the energy markets, improve the management of their portfolios and reduce market and operational risks. It is also aimed at control centres, TSOs and distribution companies that need to operate and plan the system reliably amid the growth of renewable generation, storage, flexible demand and distributed resources.
The volatility of market prices, the variability of renewable generation, the growth of energy storage, flexible demand and distributed resources increase the complexity of operating in the energy markets. To make robust decisions, market agents need to combine up-to-date information with forecasts and scenarios that allow them to anticipate changes, optimise their participation in the markets and manage risks across different time horizons.
In the short term, this vision facilitates the preparation of bids and schedules, portfolio management and the coordination of operations in the day-ahead, intraday and balancing markets. It also makes it possible to reduce imbalances, adapt decisions to changes in market conditions and make better use of the available flexibility.
In the medium term, the analysis of the evolution of prices and fundamental variables helps to assess positions in the futures markets, define hedging strategies and control exposure to market and operational risks. In the long term, scenarios of demand, renewable generation, storage and flexibility make it possible to anticipate structural changes and support the planning of assets, control centres and grids.
The workshop will analyse how to improve portfolio management and participation in the markets, maximise the value of batteries, flexible demand and distributed resources, and operate and plan control centres with reliability. It will also address how to integrate data and forecasts, streamline monitoring and automate operational processes to detect changes and act more quickly.
Oriol Saltó i Bauzà is Associate Partner at AleaSoft. He has a doctorate in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has 20 years of experience in data analysis and modelling both in the context of scientific research and energy markets. At AleaSoft, for more than 15 years, he has been at the forefront of developing forecasting models for European energy markets: electricity, gas, oil, CO2, among others.
Alejandro Delgado Fornaguera is Associate Partner at AleaSoft, with more than 15 years of experience in the development and coordination of forecasting projects for the energy sector. He has been involved in projects for forecasting prices, demand and renewable energy production in global electricity markets, covering short, medium and long term horizons.