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11.04.2025

Multi-buyer Power Purchase Agreements

Unlocking the collaborative power of many

10.04.2025

Geopolitics overshadow European fundamental drivers

European Energy Markets Monthly, April 2025

27.03.2025

Electricity Act – implementation is progressing

The ordinance provisions are defined

11.03.2025

Energy prices decline as geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty heightens

European Energy Markets Monthly, March 2025

26.02.2025

Inefficiencies in the New Efficiency Obligation System

Efficiency at Any Cost?

10.02.2025

Tight gas and regulatory risks dominate January energy markets

European Energy Markets Monthly, February 2025

23.01.2025

Electricity agreement: Switzerland’s full integration into the EU internal market

Successful conclusion of negotiations

15.01.2025

European energy markets face persistent challenges in 2025

European Energy Markets Monthly, January 2025

10.12.2024

Weather and politics keep European energy markets busy in November

European Energy Markets Monthly, December 2024

09.12.2024

EU energy policy vs. security policy

Paradigm shift in European energy policy?

05.12.2024

Price increases in the control energy market – the background

Stronger fluctuations in the grid

28.11.2024

French vegetable farmers rely on Axpo’s expertise

Growing business

12.11.2024

Navigating structural tightness and growing uncertainty as winter approaches

European Energy Markets Monthly, November 2024

10.10.2024

Price swings amid volatile weather, market speculation, and geopolitical risks

European Energy Markets Monthly, October 2024

27.09.2024

No room for experimenting with the WACC

Notwendigen Netzausbau nicht gefährden

17.09.2024

Gearing up for the winter season

European Energy Markets Monthly, September 2024

14.08.2024

Hot weather and bullish risks test European markets

European Energy Markets Monthly, August 2024

26.07.2024

10 facts about nuclear power

What’s true and what’s false with regard to nuclear power?

09.07.2024

Weather and politics strong drivers of energy markets

European Energy Markets Monthly, July 2024

14.06.2024

Growing business: how Axpo is helping French greenhouse farmers

Innovative partnerships in France

11.06.2024

Weather and geopolitics shape European energy markets

European Energy Markets Monthly, June 2024

16.05.2024

Weather shifts and renewables drive market volatility

European Energy Markets Monthly, May 2024

10.04.2024

March saw mix of mild weather and supported fuel markets

European Energy Markets Monthly, April 2024

13.02.2024

Bearish momentum persists despite cold spell

European Energy Markets Monthly, February 2024

16.01.2024

Bearish 2023 looks set to continue

European Energy Markets Monthly, January 2024

12.12.2023

First cold snap is no sweat for Europe’s energy markets

First cold snap is no sweat for Europe’s energy markets

04.12.2023

Powering the energy transition with PPAs

A pioneer in power purchase agreements

17.11.2023

Abundant supply and subdued demand offset geopolitical risks

European Energy Markets Monthly, November 2023

09.10.2023

Mild weather and renewed nuclear confidence blunt winter risks

European Energy Markets Monthly, October 2023

12.09.2023

Markets shift towards bearish conditions

European Energy Markets Monthly, September 2023

17.08.2023

Winter supply outlook improves despite mixed market signals

European Energy Markets Monthly, August 2023

15.08.2023

Myths and facts: 12 common misconceptions about electricity

Myths and misconceptions can be highly persistent

17.07.2023

Negative electricity price: Predictable trend?

Simply explained: Why the electricity price can be negative

12.07.2023

Fuels uncertainty lifts energy prices despite bearish power fundamentals

European Energy Markets Monthly, July 2023

14.06.2023

Surging renewables bring an optimism that summer will test

European Energy Markets Monthly, June 2023

09.05.2023

California’s duck curve visits Europe | Axpo

European Energy Markets Monthly, May 2023

17.04.2023

Joint gas purchasing: hope for the EU - but without Switzerland?

Swiss companies can only participate in new platform as sellers

12.04.2023

Winter ends with relief, but new challenges arise

European Energy Markets Monthly, April 2023

20.03.2023

European Commission publishes proposals to revise EU internal electricity market

Evolution instead of hasty revolution

16.03.2023

Beware of emerging supply risks

European Energy Markets Monthly, March 2023

08.03.2023

Natural hydrogen: More than just a hope?

Discoveries of natural hydrogen are accumulating

15.02.2023

Regulatory activities in the Swiss electricity market

A guide to short-term and long-term measures

14.02.2023

Markets reverting to traditional price anchors

European Energy Markets Monthly, February 2023

21.12.2022

Supply security: a combination of production, trade and market

Switzerland’s current energy supply has grown historically. The system has been continuously adapted and improved due to technological and social changes. The interaction between trade and production is of fundamental importance. An analysis by Polynomics has come to the conclusion that trading increases not only efficiency, but ultimately also supply security.

07.12.2022

Market distortions of the past months

Axpo in a ‘perfect storm’

07.12.2022

Inextricable link between electricity production and trading

Business model combines strengths in production and trading

25.11.2022

Why natural gas drives up the price of electricity

Merit Order: Priority to the cheapest power plants

23.11.2022

The unaffordability of autarky

Scenarios for climate neutrality and security of supply for Switzerland

16.11.2022

Foreign trade ensures balance

Exported only if supply exceeds demand

30.09.2022

Bailout funds in Europe

The liquidity crisis in Europe

21.09.2022

10 answers about Axpo’s energy trading

Why energy has no future without trading

09.09.2022

10 answers to the federal credit line

Electricity price, hedging, liquidity - what you need to know

05.09.2022

7 things you need to know about hedging electricity prices

The most important facts about electricity, gambling, hedging and rescue umbrellas

05.09.2022

How hedging works in energy markets

A guide to initial margins and variation margins

17.08.2022

Conversion of overhead line Eglisau-Wilchingen

Pylon number 63 is being replaced

12.08.2022

Why the grid ‘pulse’ is 50 hertz

Consistent grid frequency crucial for grid stability

05.08.2022

Heading off the power shortage with OSTRAL

About the Organisation for Power Supply in Extraordinary Situa-tions

15.07.2022

Sustainable Finance: Nuclear power & natural gas = "green"?

Where do the EU's green billions end up?

01.07.2022

Safety net: right or wrong?

Council of States debates the safety net: a fact check

30.05.2022

How Axpos long term commitment powers Finlands green transition

The importance of local expertise

12.05.2022

From weather to war

What's behind high electricity prices?

05.05.2022

Power trading - so simple, so complex

Over the counter, on the exchange: where market players meet

23.02.2022

Green electricity for automotive suppliers

Axpo facilitates wind farm PPA for VERBUND in Romania

16.02.2022

Record high power prices – positive or negative?

Successful energy trading is only possible with sufficient liquidity

15.12.2021

"We came to stay"

Axpo Austria celebrates its 20th anniversary

08.12.2021

Taking Portugal by storm

39% of customers changing supplier chose Goldenergy

10.09.2021

How the electricity price is determined

Electricity price increases in Switzerland and Europe

15.06.2021

Green power mix from Switzerland

Energy transition study by the ETH Lausanne – political framework conditions important

05.05.2021

Climate policy is energy policy

CO2 Act: Christoph Brand in L'Agefi

24.03.2021

Tightly interconnected European energy industry

Study on price development on wholesale power markets

11.03.2021

‘Switzerland would have handled the situation’

Power outage in Texas – what can be learned from it

12.02.2021

How Axpo power plants prevented a blackout

Electricity shortage in north-western Europe

04.02.2021

Full of energy on Class CNBC Italia

Axpo Italia launches new series on energy trading with leading Italian business TV channel

08.01.2021

Green Deal: Consequences for Switzerland

The EU acquis is developing

24.11.2020

Axpo Energy Voices

Alena Weibel, Axpo Head Public Affairs & Media Relations, on the first energy podcast in Switzerland

17.11.2020

Being literally close to the customer

Axpo Finland moves into new premises in the World Trade Center Helsinki

06.10.2020

Happy Birthday, Axpo Italia!

30.09.2020

An explanatory video about a cumbersome law

What the German Fuel Emissions Trading Act means for Axpo Germany's customers

23.09.2020

"We must abandon energy policy ideologies"

Axpo CEO Christoph Brand in an interview with the NZZ

23.09.2020

Maximum funding efficiency through floating market premiums

Contribution to the debate on the new Energy Act/Part 2

22.09.2020

Creating suitable regulatory conditions

Contribution to the debate on the new Energy Act/Part 1

31.07.2020

Axpo Italia ranks among the Big Three now

Strong growth also in the gas business

22.07.2020

"We want to help SMEs to get back to normal"

Axpo has been active in Portugal for five years

15.06.2020

Post-corona energy and climate policy

First virtual Axpo live stream session

05.06.2020

Axpo Italia comes first in customer orientation survey

Best partner to customers during Covid-19 crisis with traffic light initiative

11.05.2020

Demand for electricity falls by five percent

The International Energy Agency (IAE) expects global electricity demand to fall by five percent in 2020, and by as much as ten percent in certain regions severely affected by the Covid 19 pandemic.

24.04.2020

Where will our future power supply come from

We can’t just rely on imports. What we need is a Swiss formula: PV+Hy+60

24.03.2020

How is electricity generated?

Electricity is generated in a variety of ways. Whether hydropower or nuclear energy, wind or solar energy, each form of production has its strengths and weaknesses. Do you know them?

10.03.2020

The ABC’s of energy terminology

Do you speak volts, watts and hertz?

05.03.2020

A climate-neutral Switzerland by 2050

Renewable power as the key to our future

03.03.2020

A premiere for Swissgrid

For the first time, a 380-kilovolt high-voltage cable is being laid in the ground

28.01.2020

Getting away from coal and nuclear

Expensive and controversial German energy turnaround

08.01.2020

Green Deal: What the EU wants

A climate-neutral Europe by the year 2050

12.11.2019

Betting on the right horse

Study on PPA market potential: Demand increasing rapidly

03.10.2019

Swiss National Day in Brussels

Axpo sponsors annual Soirée Suisse of the Swiss Mission to the EU

25.09.2019

"Beznau – an engineering masterpiece"

The importance of the Beznau nuclear power plant in the Canton of Aargau

04.09.2019

"The Young Soul"

The third generation and the opportunities for change

27.08.2019

Enough power for the future?

An objective perspective on security of supply

23.08.2019

"Only the best is good enough"

The second generation and the island culture

14.08.2019

Bright sunshine in all directions

The solar energy business is booming throughout Europe

06.08.2019

Role model Kurt Küffer

The first nuclear power plant director in Switzerland created the "we" feeling

23.07.2019

"Everyone pulling together"

The first generation and the Beznau Spirit

19.07.2019

"Doing nothing will result in a major power deficit"

Interview with Empa researcher Martin Rüdisüli

15.07.2019

Three generations

Testimonies on the 50 years of the Beznau nuclear power plant

11.07.2019

Electricity demand will double until 2050

McKinsey's outlook on global energy perspectives

26.06.2019

"A piece of Swiss heritage"

Mike Dost, Director of the Beznau nuclear power plant, on the 50-year anniversary of KKB

18.06.2019

"The most independent, reliable energy supplier"

The beginnings of nuclear energy in Switzerland

04.06.2019

High up to the ibexes

New passenger cableway at Limmern pumped storage plant

23.05.2019

50 years Beznau nuclear power plant

The benefits of a secure domestic power supply

23.04.2019

Beznau 50-year anniversary

Half a century of climate-friendly power production

02.04.2019

Nuclear energy as a key bridging technology

Where do things stand with the Energy Strategy 2050 goals?

19.03.2019

Because I’m happy

Axpo employees from all over the world celebrate the title as the best power trader in the world

11.03.2019

Switzerland - a power pioneer

Figures on the topic of energy - and a look into the past

07.02.2019

In a new guise

Axpo with a new stand at E-world

10.01.2019

Dishwashing? No thanks!

Figures on the topic of energy - and a good excuse.

06.12.2018

The Star of Laufenburg interconnection

A milestone for the pan-European electricity industry

30.11.2018

A start-up genius

Who invented it: Werner von Siemens and the dynamo

22.10.2018

Earthquake hazard "exaggerated"

The supervisory authority ENSI’s statement on a hazardous nuclear power plant incident occurring only every 10,000 years

21.09.2018

Power plants: Capacities are dropping

Less security of supply in Europe

31.07.2018

The Mastermind

Who invented it - Thomas Alva Edison and the light bulb

30.07.2018

Let there be light

Energy facts and figures

04.07.2018

With the brakes on

Hydropower: Approx. 500 million francs needed for replacement investments

13.06.2018

No radiation risk

Beznau safe in the case of earthquakes

02.05.2018

"KKB is in good condition"

Mike Dost, Head of Beznau, on KKB 1

13.04.2018

A Scotsman generates steam

Who invented it: James Watt

28.03.2018

What the PSW Limmern can do

A big battery in the mountains

13.03.2018

Nine “gold medals” for the energy traders

Axpo tops the "Energy Risk" survey again

06.03.2018

KKB unit 1: What's next

Axpo executives address the public

06.03.2018

"Safety is ensured"

ENSI gives green light for Beznau Unit 1

28.02.2018

Magnetic fields and electricity

Who discovered it: André Marie Ampère

16.02.2018

All about power masts

The basis for reliable electricity transport

31.01.2018

Electricity's journey

How Axpo’s power reaches the electrical outlet

12.01.2018

When dead frogs twitch

Who invented it: Alessandro Volta and the battery

05.01.2018

Repairmen deployed due to Burglind

Emergency for Axpo grid operations

18.10.2017

Expand crisis-proof data communication

Axpo joins forces with WZ-Systems AG

07.09.2017

Magic with control energy

How fluctuations in production and consumption are managed

13.02.2017

Coal is the culprit

The collapse of electricity prices: Commodity prices are to blame

25.10.2016

How Axpo saves electricity

This film explains how Axpo Grids (Assets) supports sustainability

11.09.2016

Magnificent weather for a magnificent piece of work!

Report: Christening of the Muttsee dam

30.08.2016

The dam holds what it promises!

Limmern pumped storage plant: First reservoir filling on the Muttenalp