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Schwenen Belec 2016
Schwenen Belec 2016
Electricity Futures
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Motivation
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Renewables change spot price profile
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Day-Ahead Price [in EUR/MWh]
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Wind and Solar Output [in GW]
Figure: Hourly renewable output and spot prices in the German market.
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Related research & existing findings
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Optimal forward positions for generation
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Hypotheses
• Add controls for the spot price variance and spot price
skewness (BL, not part of our model)
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Data & empirical specification
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Data & empirical specification
• Plus data on delivery time: spot price, wind and solar output,
load, MC of conventional
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Illustration of typical futures price observations
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Futures Price [in EUR/MWh]
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Illustration of typical premia observations
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Risk Premium [in EUR/MWh]
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A rough look at weekly futures
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Risk Premium [in EUR/MWh]
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Fitted values
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Regression results for weekly peak futures
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Regression results for weekly peak futures
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Regression results for weekly peak futures
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Regression results for monthly peak futures
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Regression results for monthly peak futures
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Regression results for monthly peak futures
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Conclusion & discussion
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Thank you
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