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Time for renewables: how Covid-19 has affected Wind and Solar development in France

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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 […]

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State aid: EU Commission opens an in-depth investigation into the regulatory mechanism for natural gas storage in France

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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

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Gas interruptibility: the end of a long saga?

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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

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The verdict is in on the capacity mechanism! Capacity mechanism: things always come in threes

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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

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Hercule: labours postponed until the Greek calends

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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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PPAs for all!

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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

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The French capacity mechanism still has a few tricks up its sleeve!

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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

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“Decarbonization of the Energy and Transport sectors is arguably today’s main economic driver for the industry.”

Profesional Experience

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 Boulanger 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.

Education

Philippe Boulanger 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.

Philippe Boulanger

Electricity Expert

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“The world is changing. New investors pay particular attention to the energy sector while historical actors adapt their position to the market.”

Profesional Experience

Antonio started his career in the electricity sector in 1991 working as a member of the General Manager’s team at Sevillana de Electricidad (Spain). In 1997, he was appointed head of commercial regulation at Endesa Distribución. In 2000, he joined the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) department of Endesa Europe. He was appointed Managing Director of Endesa Power Trading Ltd (UK) in 2003. A year later, he became responsible for energy management at SNET (France). In 2008, he was appointed Managing Director of SNET (France). In 2009, he became Director of Corporate Development at E.ON France. In 2011, he founded Haya Energy Solutions (HES), a consulting firm focused on optimising the energy management of consumers, producers and retailers of gas and electricity. From 2015 to 2018, Antonio combined the consulting activity at HES with the general management of 2 production facilities in France (2 CCGTs x 410MW), owned by KKR. At the end of 2018, he joined Asterion Industrial Partners, an infrastructure investment fund, as an operating partner. Antonio currently devotes most of his efforts to the Asterion Portfolio, while advising through HES companies in the energy sector in France, Italy, Germany, UK and Spain. 

Education

Antonio graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros of Seville (Spain) and holds an MBA degree from Deusto University (Spain). 

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