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Clean energy companies today do not struggle because they lack systems. They struggle because their systems do not talk to each other, and that gap is widening as operations scale....

On a cold January morning earlier this year, intraday power prices in Great Britain surged by more than £100/MWh in under 20 minutes. The cause? A sudden drop in wind...

We were excited to speak with Vivek Pathak, co-founder of BroadPeak Partners, about why so many tech teams in commodities firms feel stuck, and how modularity can finally set them...

I’m Charlotte Forsythe, a 21-year-old recent graduate from Nottingham Trent University. I’ve just begun my first week of work experience at Cititec, and if I’m being honest, I walked in...

Ever heard of the stupidity index? The cost of raw materials for a nuclear power plant, namely steel and concrete, is small compared to the astronomical price of building one...

AI is no longer a future ambition for commodities and energy traders. Many firms have already begun implementing it with a vision to sharpen market insights, make faster and better-informed...

Energy storage is more important than ever. While electric vehicles may be the most visible example, high-performance batteries are essential across many sectors. Data centres are a fast-growing case in...

Everyone’s talking about AI-generated code. With generative AI entering the software lifecycle, code can now be produced, refactored and deployed in seconds. Various models and agents contribute to different layers...

There’s a popular story in commodities trading, and one that we’ve reported on quite a bit: that data is more democratised than ever. On the one hand, it definitely feels...