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Automated Trade Execution Engine for Power Markets

Project description

A novel automated trade execution platform streamlines trading on energy exchanges

Much as stocks are traded on stock exchanges, power is traded on energy exchanges. Power generators sell the electricity they generate to power suppliers, who bid for the electricity to sell to consumers. Unlike the stock market, the ‘product’ is sold, bought and used instantly, and this process is still done manually. The EU-funded Alx project is optimising the technology behind its automated trade execution engine that harnesses machine learning to analyse years of market data. It will unlock the potential of renewables by providing fast, inexpensive and reliable market access to small generators without the need for trading knowledge.

Objective

In this project, we are going to develop Automated Trade Execution Engine for intra-day power markets. When developed, it will provide fast, cheap and reliable market access to small renewable generators, independent suppliers and trading companies without the need for a costly intra-day trading team that operates 24/7/365. The solution is self-learning meaning that it can iterate over years and years of market data to induce the best trade execution strategies. It is significantly faster than manual traders - it can react to market changes in milliseconds, and therefore, it significantly outperforms manual trade execution. It is extremely scalable - the same software solution can be used across most European markets without the standard proportional increase in costs. Automatic trade execution is already flourishing in financial markets with 85% of trades being executed automatically in contrast to 0% in power markets and the aim of this project is to unlock the value in this multibillion market opportunity.

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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020

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COMCOM RACUNALNISTVO KOMUNIKACIJE DOO IDRIJA
Net EU contribution

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€ 50 000,00
Address
LAPAJNETOVA ULICA 29
5280 IDRIJA
Slovenia

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Goriška
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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Total cost

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€ 71 429,00
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