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Analysis, research, and perspectives on energy data infrastructure, market settlement, and institutional real assets.

How Energy Data Standards Enable Market Interoperability
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How Energy Data Standards Enable Market Interoperability

Fragmented data formats create friction in energy markets. Standardisation through CIM, IEC protocols, and emerging APIs supports efficiency.

Anthony Bailey
14 Oct 2025
10 min
Understanding Demand Response: Technical and Commercial Frameworks
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Understanding Demand Response: Technical and Commercial Frameworks

An institutional guide to demand-side response mechanisms, aggregator models, and why load flexibility is emerging as a valuable asset class.

Anthony Bailey
9 Sep 2025
10 min
Market Coupling: How European Electricity Markets Trade Across Borders
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Market Coupling: How European Electricity Markets Trade Across Borders

An institutional guide to the mechanisms, frameworks, and price formation dynamics that enable integrated electricity trading across European borders.

Anthony Bailey
10 Jun 2025
11 min
Locational Pricing in Electricity Markets: Nodal vs Zonal Mechanisms
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Locational Pricing in Electricity Markets: Nodal vs Zonal Mechanisms

How locational marginal pricing shapes asset valuation, investment decisions, and grid efficiency across different market designs.

Anthony Bailey
11 Feb 2025
11 min
Metering Data Quality: The Foundation of Energy Market Trust
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Metering Data Quality: The Foundation of Energy Market Trust

Accurate metering data underpins electricity market settlement, asset valuation, and regulatory compliance — yet poor data quality costs the industry millions annually.

Anthony Bailey
14 Jan 2025
11 min
Capacity Markets Explained: Mechanisms, Pricing, and Investment Implications
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Capacity Markets Explained: Mechanisms, Pricing, and Investment Implications

A comprehensive guide to capacity market design, auction structures, de-rating factors, and what capacity agreements mean for project finance.

Anthony Bailey
10 Dec 2024
12 min
Understanding Curtailment: Financial Impact on Wind and Solar Assets
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Understanding Curtailment: Financial Impact on Wind and Solar Assets

How network constraints, negative pricing, and system balancing create curtailment risk for renewable energy assets and strategies to mitigate revenue impact.

Anthony Bailey
10 Sep 2024
11 min
Understanding the Balancing Mechanism: How GB Grid Stability Works
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Understanding the Balancing Mechanism: How GB Grid Stability Works

How the GB Balancing Mechanism maintains grid stability through bid-offer pairs, gate closure, and cash-out pricing mechanisms.

Anthony Bailey
11 Jun 2024
11 min
Revenue Stacking for Battery Storage: A Technical Guide
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Revenue Stacking for Battery Storage: A Technical Guide

How battery energy storage systems earn revenue from multiple market services simultaneously — wholesale trading, frequency response, capacity market, and balancing mechanism.

Anthony Bailey
14 May 2024
11 min
How Settlement Data Flows Through the GB Electricity Market
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How Settlement Data Flows Through the GB Electricity Market

An institutional guide to metering, reporting, and settlement in Great Britain's electricity market—and why data accuracy underpins market trust.

Anthony Bailey
18 Apr 2024
9 min