At its autumn reception, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) presented the "EEX Excellence Award" for the third year running on 30 October 2014. The reception, traditionally held in the Brussels Centre of Fine Arts, Bozar, EEX welcomed Peter Altmaier, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Tasks, and Jos Delbeke, Director-General for Climate Action of the European Union, as guests of honour.
At the event, EEX presented the “Excellence Award” for five outstanding academic papers. The award winners focused on “Security of Electricity Supply” (doctoral thesis by Aaron Praktiknjo, TU Berlin), “Dealing with Negative Prices in a Value-at-Risk Model” (thesis by Daniela Merz, University of Ulm), “China and its National Oil Companies” (master’s thesis by Ellennor Grace Francisco, The European Institute, Nice), “Modelling Energy Security (doctoral thesis of Matej Hodek, Imperial College London), and “Flexibility and Extension of” a Method for short-term Optimisation of Power Plants” (master's thesis by Tim Bongers, RWTH Aachen).
"We are pleased to have received more than 30 high quality and interesting theses," says Iris Weidinger, Chief Financial Officer of EEX, who is also in charge of human resources at EEX Group. "The EEX Excellence Award values the chosen theses in a special way. We want to further contribute to the scientific discussion of the diverse aspects of the energy market.” The Excellence Award was first presented in 2012.
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) is the leading energy exchange in Europe. It develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and related products on which power, natural gas, CO2 emission allowances, coal and guarantees of origin are traded. Through its majority shareholding in Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX), EEX additionally offers the markets for freight, iron ore, fuel oil and fertilisers. Clearing and settlement of all trading transactions are provided by the clearing house European Commodity Clearing (ECC). EEX is a member of Eurex Group.
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EEX Presents Excellence Award At Brussels Reception – Peter Altmaier And Jos Delbeke As Guests Of Honour
Date 03/11/2014