Things always come in threes. TWO thousand €/MW is the standard deviation typically observed between the different auction prices for the 2020 supply year, THREE is the number of times that we discussed the capacity mechanism in our Newsletter in 2019. It’s clearly our preferred subject, since it always has its share of surprises in […]
Less white than white, we (and comedian Coluche) suspect, must be light grey. We know what the colour green is…it’s green! But greener than green? That’s a new colour – it was just released! I’m not looking to recite Coluche’s legendary sketch on advertising, but I couldn’t help making a reference to my favourite comedian
Greener than green! Read More »
At the beginning of October, Jean Bernard Levy, the Chairman of EDF, explained in a letter to his employees that the introduction of the ‘Hercule’ [French for Hercules] project be postponed by several months. The auspices were not favourable towards this Hercule’s first work. Mr Levy attributed the project’s postponement to the negotiations the French
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For some time now, the world of energy has been watching the emergence of a new reference acronym: ‘PPA’. These three letters, often complemented with attributes such as ‘Corporate’, ‘Renewable’ or even ‘Long-Term’, seek to represent the future of the competitive development of carbon-free energies worldwide. However, our understanding of these three words, ‘Power Purchase
It’s becoming a habit; every HES Newsletter includes an article about the French capacity mechanism. At this rate, we’ll end up making it a permanent section… In any case, the new developments this quarter certainly deserve a new article. Thanks for bearing with us. On 16 May, a new capacity auction was held for the
The French capacity mechanism still has a few tricks up its sleeve! Read More »
In the beginning, it was only meant to be a bill for correcting a minor issue – practically a typo or oversight on the part of the legislator. Faced with the calendar rectified by reality (as long as the opposite wasn’t true), François de Rugy, Minister of the Ecological and Solidary Transition, confirmed before the
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In a report made public on Friday 7 June (Gas 2019), the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that the demand for natural gas grew by 4.6% in 2018, its fastest annual rate since 2010. Gas represented nearly half of growth in primary energy consumption in the world. Consumption of natural gas should grow at an
2018, a record year for gas Read More »
The process was triggered on a large scale in the months following the Fukushima accident, with the German decision to decommission nuclear power plants. This dealt a devastating blow to the phase of excessive investment in traditional European utilities, an enthusiasm which had already cooled down considerably after the subprime crisis and the end of
Energy: extinction of the dinosaurs… Petroleum Rex versus Nukeonosaurus? Read More »
Every day, energy market analysts comment, systematically and seemingly without any particular rules, on market movements and outlooks (bullish, bearish or stable) with respect to the expected BREXIT type (soft, hard, something in between, etc.) Thus, for example, any negative development on the outlook of the UK leaving with a deal will explain the bullish
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On 21 March, the first auction of capacity certificates for the 2020 year resulted in an exchange of 4.17 GW with a price of €20K/MW. This price remains consistent with 2019 prices (€17.365K/MW on average) and confirms the constant increase of the capacity price in France. According to our analysis, the margin of the supply/demand
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.
