Energy & Sustainability Management PT
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Energy Trading & Market Processes

level of course unit

Introduction and consolidation

Learning outcomes of course unit

The students are able to:
• recognize the interrelationships of factors influencing energy markets
• consider factors influencing the wholesale prices of electricity and gas
• transfer market processes for the provision of system services to energy portfolios
• use trading cascades in energy trading
• consider volatilities and optionalities in the energy market
• illustrate factors influencing price formation in the electricity market using the merit order
• consider the influence of CO2 on trading markets

prerequisites and co-requisites

none

course contents

• Trading cascade in the electricity and gas market
• Different markets for system services
• Fundamental factors influencing energy markets
• Markets for renewable energy sources
• Commodity futures trading
• Exchange vs. OTC
• OTC contracts
• CO2 trading markets
• Factors influencing the electricity price
• Merit order principle

recommended or required reading

Schwintowsky, H., 2018. Handbuch Energiehandel. 4. Auflage. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag
• Zenke, I. und R. Schäfer, 2018. Energiehandel in Europa: Öl, Gas, Strom, Derivate, Zertifikate. 4. Auflage. München: C.H.Beck Verlag
• Ströbele, W., W. Pfaffenberger, und M. Heuterkes, 2012. Energiewirtschaft: Einführung in Theorie und Politik. Oldenbourg: Wissenschaftsverlag

assessment methods and criteria

written exam

language of instruction

German

number of ECTS credits allocated

5

eLearning quota in percent

30

course-hours-per-week (chw)

2.5

planned learning activities and teaching methods

Blended Learning

semester/trimester when the course unit is delivered

1

name of lecturer(s)

director of studies

year of study

1

recommended optional program components

none

course unit code

EM

type of course unit

integrated lecture

mode of delivery

Compulsory

work placement(s)

none