Since the beginning of 2020, European gas markets have seen their prices drop to levels not seen since the previous global economic recession back in 2008. The impact of mild temperatures during the 2019/2020 winter season, high levels of wind power generation and nationwide lockdowns forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in reduced natural gas […]
Gas and oil: dancing cheap, too cheap ? Read More »
What was, a few years ago, merely a theory has now become a proven fact. Global warming caused by the greenhouse effect is inexorably advancing, risking becoming irreversible. Society has started paying attention to the ‘climate emergency’, and we are all changing our behaviour in order to adapt to this crisis. Energy companies – which
Climate-proofing for the energy industry: evolve…or die? Read More »
On Thursday, May 28th, UNIPER announced its decision to bring back Irsching 4 & 5 CCGT power plants in Bavaria to the market as of October 1st, 2020. Since these are the two most modern (built in 2010 and 2011, respectively) and most efficient gas power plants in Germany, with yields of 60.4% for Irsching
Irsching Irrsinn (Irsching madness) Read More »
The famous capacity auction of June 25th, 2020 has given its verdict and the results are exceptional! As a reminder, last Thursday, June 11th, RTE stated the risk regarding the security of supply for next winter (2020/2021) to be high. The balances between supply and demand for capacity guarantees show the following situation: for the
Covid19 and developments in the Capacity Market: auction results Read More »
Back on April 16th, 2020, and due to the Covid19 crisis, EdF announced a reduction in its electricity production forecasts in France for the year 2020. This decision was taken in order to respond to the constraints of nuclear power plant availability over the next two winters by reviewing all the unit outages that were
Sanitary crisis and developments in the French Capacity Market Read More »
A new day, a new article on Covid-19 pandemic effects on the economy. Leaders of the big industries continue to watch, with great concern, the overall evolution of markets, especially now that deconfinement phases are being implemented in most of the EU countries. The current health crisis is forcing both production and services sectors to
Time for renewables: how Covid-19 has affected Wind and Solar development in France Read More »
Although the common belief now is that the debate on the post-ARENH system is as old as the ARENH itself, we must still recognise that the question has taken on a new dimension since the oft-mentioned glass ceiling of 100TWh was shattered (since the 2019 supply year). Further, we need to acknowledge that, following the
NoRéNE in the time of Coronavirus Read More »
At the time of writing this article, news on the pandemic are heartbreaking: hundreds of thousands of people affected, dozens of thousands deceased, planetwide confinement, lack of health resources to tackle the virus, crisis in multiple activity sectors, worldwide recession, etc. It seems that the peak of the contagion has already been reached in some
Energy sector put to the test by COVID-19 Read More »
Our February article envisaged the end of a lengthy saga in the gas sector… and yet, here we are again with a new instalment! Following last December’s publication of a number of Decrees on natural gas consumption interruptibility, awaited for over four years, the long saga of France’s gas storage problem appeared to have finally
December 2019 saw the publication of an impressive number of texts regarding the natural gas sector regulation in France… After the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) deliberated on transmission and storage tariffs proposals effective 1 April 2020 (ATRT7 and ATS2), as well as the distribution tariffs proposals effective 1 July 2020 (ATRD6) – all applicable for
Gas interruptibility: the end of a long saga? Read More »
Each month, one of our experts publishes an article describing his view on a specific topic of the constant changes taking place in the energy market, with special focus on the French market.
“Decarbonization of the Energy and Transport sectors is arguably today’s main economic driver for the industry.”
His career started in civil engineering as a Project Manager in France, Martinique and Australia. Afterwards, he became the General Manager of a subsidiary in Venezuela. In 1992, he established Dalkia in Germany (district heating, cogeneration, and partnerships) and represented Véolia in Thailand. In 2000, he opened the commercial office of Endesa in France to take advantage of the liberalized retail market. From 2006, as a development Manager at Endesa France, he led Endesa’s plan for Combined Cycle generation in France and developed the wind and PV portfolio of Snet at the same time.
Philippe worked for 3 years at E.ON’s headquarters coordinating the company´s activities in France. He was strongly involved in the French hydro concession renewal project. As a Senior Vice President – Project Director at Solvay Energy Services from April 2012 to February 2014 he was in charge of the H2/Power to gas and European direct market access deployment projects. Philippe has been an HES expert since 2014.
Philippe holds engineering degrees both from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts & Chaussées (France) and has a combined experience of more than 25 years in energy and infrastructure. In addition to English, Mr. Boulanger is fluent in French, German & Spanish.
“The world is changing. New investors pay particular attention to the energy sector while historical actors adapt their position to the market.”
Antonio is the founder and President of Haya Energy Solutions, a specialized consulting firm focused on the energy sector, which has developed M&A projects in renewable and conventional power generation, cogeneration, district heating, gas and power retail, energy procurement and power optimization in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany and UK.
Prior to this, Antonio was CEO of KKR’s CELEST Power in France (2x410MW CCGT). He was also CEO of Endesa France and General Secretary, Strategy & Corporate Development Director at E.ON France. Formerly, he held different positions at Endesa, including Responsible for M&A at Endesa Europe and Regulation Specialist at Endesa Distribution.
Antonio holds an MBA from the University of Deusto and a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville.
