The podcast is recorded in French. Episode titles and summaries are translated.
EP 10
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Interview with a sales trader
Baseload + spot, diversification, flexibility: how companies structure their energy purchases.
EP 9
Financial instruments: how to hedge (hedging, forwards, swaps)
How to protect yourself against price volatility: hedging tools explained simply.
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Financial instruments: how to hedge (hedging, forwards, swaps)
EP 8
Why are prices volatile? Understanding spikes and dips
Weather, geopolitics, nuclear availability, gas storage: what drives volatility.
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Why are prices volatile? Understanding spikes and dips
EP 7
The electricity and gas market: how it works, who trades and how prices form
How spot and forward markets work, and who the players are.
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The electricity and gas market: how it works, who trades and how prices form
EP 6
Why energy costs what it costs: price formation
Merit order, marginal cost, CO2: the mechanisms that set electricity and gas prices.
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Why energy costs what it costs: price formation
EP 5
Understanding energy taxes
TICFE, CTA, VAT: how the final price paid by households and businesses is built up.
EP 4
Natural gas and LNG: origins, flows and infrastructure
Where the gas used in France comes from, and the role of LNG, storage and biomethane.
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Natural gas and LNG: origins, flows and infrastructure
EP 3
Renewable electricity: opportunities, limits, intermittency
Why integrating renewables makes the power system and the market more complex.
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Renewable electricity: opportunities, limits, intermittency
EP 2
From power plant to plug: understanding the grids
RTE, Enedis, GRDF: how energy flows and why the grid affects prices.
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From power plant to plug: understanding the grids
EP 1
An overview of energy in France
Who produces what in France: nuclear, hydro, renewables, thermal. The basics of the energy mix.