Energiehandelsgesellschaft West mbH

About ehw

Energiehandelsgesellschaft West (ehw), based in Münster, is a trading house for electricity and natural gas. Founded in 1998 by seven municipal utilities for joint wholesale procurement following market liberalisation, the company today supplies shareholders and customers with flexible, wholesale-based electricity and natural gas delivery products. Its 19 employees manage trading volumes of around 10 TWh of electricity and 6 TWh of natural gas, traded on the EEX futures and spot exchanges as well as bilaterally on the OTC market and, since 2004, on the Dutch natural gas trading hub TTF. The portfolio includes demand forecasting, nationwide logistics, balancing group and portfolio management, the marketing of around 235 MW of fossil generation capacity, direct marketing of renewable energies totalling around 100 MW, as well as storage and biomethane marketing. Since 2007, the entire range of services has also been open to utilities outside the circle of shareholders; in addition, customised delivery products are developed for large industrial end customers.

Site

Münster

Processes

Wholesale procurement of electricity and natural gas, Demand forecasting, Nationwide electricity and natural gas logistics, Balancing group and portfolio management, Futures and spot procurement, Marketing of fossil generation capacities (approx. 235 MW), Direct marketing of renewable energies (approx. 100 MW), Marketing of storage shares

Founded

1998

Employees

19

Industries

Energy trading, Municipal utilities/energy supply companies, Large industrial end customers

1. 01

   Demand forecasting

2. 02

   Wholesale procurement of electricity and natural gas (EEX, OTC, TTF)

3. 03

   Balancing group and portfolio management

4. 04

   Nationwide logistics

5. 05

   Marketing of generation, storage and biomethane capacities

Locations

Inside the production

History

1. 1998

   Founded by seven municipal utilities for joint procurement of electricity and natural gas following market liberalisation

2. 1999

   Start of electricity trading on the OTC market

3. 2000

   Start of electricity trading on the EEX power exchange

4. 2003

   Portfolio expanded to include the marketing of generation capacities; today approx. 235 MW of fossil capacity

5. 2004

   Registered as an approved trader on the Dutch natural gas trading hub TTF

6. 2007

   Entire range of services also offered to utilities outside the circle of shareholders

7. 2010

   Supplier framework agreements to support shareholders in nationwide sales of natural gas and electricity

8. 2011

   Development of a business model for the direct marketing of electricity from renewable energies; today approx. 100 MW green generation portfolio