Natural Gas Axpo gives you more flexibility

These are suitable for both clients and counterparties, such as energy supply companies, large industrial customers or trading houses, that operate a structured gas procurement system, have relevant expertise, and are active in gas trading.

Axpo customers and counterparties benefit from Axpo's direct access to key natural gas trading hubs, for example: THE (Trading Hub Europe) in Germany and TTF (Title Transfer Facility) in the Netherlands.

All liquid traded baseload gas products (usually up to three front years) can be procured back-to-back through Axpo.

For the procurement of wholesale products, Axpo recommends drafting an appropriate framework agreement. 

Price hedging over the entire delivery period, usually from one to four years.

• Small to medium-sized industrial companies 
  
• Customers who need planning security (made possible through a fixed price) 
• Customers who have limited time resources to deal with the issue of gas procurement (our model requires minimal customer effort

• Gas costs depend solely on the how much energy is actually delivered (consumption-adjusted full supply) 
  

• Price risk remains with Axpo (from changing wholesale prices)

• Volume/profile risk in the event of over- or under-stocking remains with Axpo

• Compensation energy risks and costs covered by Axpo

• Costs for forecast generation covered by Axpo 

This is particularly suitable for customers who like to be close to the market, have the resources required to observe its behaviour, and wish to profit from market fluctuations. This includes: 

• Risk minimisation through the procurement of standard products on the market 
• Products with different delivery periods 
• Hedged quantities can be adjusted before delivery 
• Difference between purchased forward products and day ahead forecast (residual quantity) on the spot market 
• Costs for forecast generation covered by Axpo 
• Balancing energy costs also covered 

• want to achieve a natural gas price close to the market price. The price risk is minimised by several purchase times 
  
• want to profit from positive market fluctuations. The time of purchase is determined by the customer 
• want to benefit from Axpo's know-how. Axpo supports its customers with market reports and analyses 
• want planning security before delivery. All tranches are purchased before delivery; the energy price is calculated as an average

• Tranche price depends on market prices

• The number of tranches depends on the amount of energy to be procured

• Structuring costs are covered by Axpo

• Cost of forecast generation covered by us 

• Energy balancing costs also covered

Axpo can support gas supply companies wishing to buy or sell biogas certificates.

In particular, we can import biogas certificates through our overseas subsidiaries. If required, these can also be certified with the Swiss naturemade star label.