The Center for Energy Markets (CEM) at Technical University Munich is dedicated at advancing research on the global energy transition. Energy markets are at the heart of one of the biggest societal challenges of our time - creating a sustainable, reliable and affordable energy provision. CEM brings together economics, finance and engineering approaches to offer applied research contributions to topical real-world energy sector questions.
Setting up fee structures for hedge fund managers that align the interests of hedge fund manager and the investor and are acceptable for both parties is a challenging task. Energy hedge funds trading power, oil, gas, and coal operate in a volatile environment and are often classified highly risky…
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In summer term 16/17, Center for Energy Markets is offering the lecture "Modelling and Optimization in Energy Markets". You can find more details here.
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Linear Programs (LPs) appear in a large number of applications and efficiently solving them is essential. While solution algorithms for LPs cannot easily be parallelized, recent studies suggest that GPUs still can offer a significant performance boost, especially in cases where multiple (up to…
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The exam review in "Challenges in Energy Markets I" will take place on 25th of April, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, in room 3540, building 0505, central campus.
Please register with Adriana Kiszka (adriana.kiszka@tum.de) in advance.
Please bring your student ID card, otherwise you are not allowed to…
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The exam review in "Energy Trading" will take place on 25th of April, 09:00 am - 10:00 am, in room 3540, building 0505, central campus.
Please register with Adriana Kiszka (adriana.kiszka@tum.de) in advance.
Please bring your student ID card, otherwise you are not allowed to participate in the…
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The lecture "Stochastic Optimization" provides an introduction to the topic of stochastic optimization. Students will learn about the underlying concepts and the theory of stochastic optimization as well as algorithmic solution techniques.
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This is the key finding of a project report on "Challenges for Natural Gas in the Context of the Energy Union" by Prof. Dr. Schwenen and Dr. Le Coq (Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics).
In their report they find that current regulation, market design and network operation…
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SWM is one of the biggest power supply companies running a virtual power plant and marketing its output on different energy markets, including the day-ahead market. In order to market the virtual power plant efficiently, SWM needs a precise forecast of the output the virtual power plant needs to…
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Prices on electricity markets are determined by a (largely) inelastic demand and a supply
side consisting of production capacities from different technologies. Consequently, using
standard assumptions, the price on electricity markets should equal the marginal production
cost of the most…
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