Time2Talk: The Energy Trading Podcast

Speed & Scalability: The New Rules of Energy Trading | Time2Talk #207: Energy One & Time2Market

Time2Talk: The Energy Trading Podcast

Show Notes

Welcome to this episode of Time2Talk, where we talk about interesting developments in the energy industry. In today's episode, join Benjamin Trainer from Energy One and Eszter Pontenagel and Paul Pontenagel from Time2Market, as they discuss: 👉 Why humans remain essential in the age of AI 👉 How are aggregators changing market dynamics? 👉 Why traditional ETRMs fail in spot trading 👉 What scalability really means in modern energy markets 👉 The biggest pitfalls of build...

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