Cette fin d’année 2025 marque un changement important pour l’ensemble des consommateurs d’électricité en France : la fin du mécanisme ARENH. La loi de finances 2025 définit les dispositifs « post-Arenh ». EDF devrait maintenant être libre de décider la stratégie de vente de l’électricité nucléaire. Bien que le remplacement précipité du PDG d’EDF supprime […]
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Ces dernières années, le secteur de l’énergie, qui a jusqu’alors échappé à l’attention de tous, est devenu un sujet d’actualité. La raison en est l‘augmentation soudaine et brutale des prix du gaz et de l’électricité et leur impact sur l’activité économique. Face à ces hausses, les entreprises ont dû trouver des solutions pour atténuer l’impact
Fin 2023, lors de la COP28, un accord historique a été conclu afin de limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5°C ; il est nécessaire de « transitionner hors des énergies fossiles dans les systèmes énergétiques, d’une manière juste, ordonnée et équitable (…) ». Pour la première fois dans l’histoire des sommets mondiaux de l’action pour le climat, l’objectif
L’énergie nucléaire est-elle finalement verte ? Lire la suite »
Deux camps s’opposent définitivement dans le débat européen sur la réforme du marché de l’électricité…. Avant d’entrer dans le détail du panorama politique-belliqueux européen, il convient de revenir sur la situation exceptionnelle dans le secteur de l’énergie des douze derniers mois. L’année 2022 est marquée par une triple crise : l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la
Réforme du marché de l’électricité (Partie 2) : les libéraux ripostent Lire la suite »
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 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.
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.
“The world is changing. New investors pay particular attention to the energy sector while historical actors adapt their position to the market.”
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.
Antonio graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros of Seville (Spain) and holds an MBA degree from Deusto University (Spain).
