Natural gas Axpo gives you more flexibility

To best meet our customers’ demand for natural gas, Axpo offers a wide range of products and services tailored to their needs.

Natural fluctuations in energy consumption and volatile prices present market participants with major challenges. Axpo offers a wide range of products and services that can be tailored to meet your energy needs. Our customers also benefit from Axpo's proven experience in energy trading, risk management and market analysis, as well as our growing international presence. 

Your consumption behaviour, willingness to take risks in terms of price and quantity, and time available to devote to the project all influence the choice of procurement model. Axpo customers benefit from our comprehensive portfolio, which offers both standard products and tailored energy solutions. 

• Trading companies, large industrial clients, and brokerage house
• Experienced clients using comprehensive energy purchasing strategies
• Clients active in the energy market who would like to understand the commercial risks associated with such activities
• Axpo clients benefit from access to the TGE, NCG, and TTF markets (through exchanges and brokers).
• We recommend basing wholesale market trading on 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: 

• Minimize risks through diversified gas purchases
• Set gas prices using various products on the futures markets
• Secure the long-term gas purchase price with products offered on European energy markets
• Secured volumes can be adjusted before the start of deliveries
• The difference between the volume secured on the futures market and the volume consumed is settled on the spot market (through hourly energy prices)

The client bears the risk of the consumption profile and the declared consumption volume

• Compensation energy risks and costs covered by Axpo

• Costs for forecast generation covered by Axpo 

• 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

• The client bears the risk of the consumption profile and the declared consumption volume

• Structuring costs are covered by Axpo

• Cost of forecast generation covered by us 

• Energy balancing costs also covered

We create an individual purchasing strategy that, thanks to the tools provided by Axpo, meets the specific needs of our clients, including:

• Detailed market reports on the most important energy markets
• Access to the spot and futures market with live OTC prices
• Customer Portal with all important energy data

The various energy requirements of your company can rarely be met by a standard product. We listen and work with you to develop a solution tailored to your needs:

• Analysis of your load profile and breakdown of risks

• Optimisation of different risks

• Combining a variety of products and services 

• Highly rated risk management