Interview: UK wholesale power market reform, the capacity mechanism and market design
Ahead of Platts' European Power Summit in Berlin on 28-29 April, 2014, Henry Edwardes-Evans spoke to Angela Knight, Chief Executive of trade association Energy UK, about regulator Ofgem's wholesale po...
28 Feb 201414min
'Polar Vortex 3' jangles North America's gas markets again
The Arctic chill is the third wave from the north to push temperatures below frigid in heavy natural gas buying markets such as Chicago, Boston, and New York. Platts editors Valarie Jackson,Chris Trem...
24 Feb 20146min
Winter weather wreaks havoc on US petrochemical business
Platts US petrochemicals editors Jeremy Rakes and Chris Ferrell examine the effects that this year's harsh winter weather has had on the logistical side of the US petrochemical business, including an ...
24 Feb 20145min
Severe winter weather draws down US coal stocks
Platts editors Andrew Moore and Valarie Jackson discuss the impact of the recent cold weather on US coal stockpiles and the effect of natural gas price volatility on coal as the dominant fuel for elec...
21 Feb 20145min
Ignore the warm, US natural gas prices will reignite
The NYMEX gas futures market sees cold next week and next-day cash prices retreat only a bit, despite warmer temperatures this week. Plus, a steel company found an unusual way to hedge its gas costs –...
19 Feb 20146min
A look ahead at natural gas prices for the coming summer
Platts natural gas editors Letitia Vasquez and Patrick Badgley take a step back from the price volatility the US has seen this winter and look ahead to the expectations for natural gas prices this sum...
10 Feb 20145min
Turkish polymer demand sinks due to currency turmoil
Anna Ward and Daved Chohan, Platts petrochemical editors based in Europe, discuss the impact of the weakness in the Turkish Lira on Turkey's polymer market and the short-term recovery seen in the poly...
7 Feb 20143min
Atlantic thermal coal supply in 2014
Platts' associate editors Jacqueline Holman and Jaime Concha discuss how recent Colombian coal supply disruptions have affected European-delivered spot prices and the repercussions on supply-demand fu...
5 Feb 20145min
