APX-Endex, Rotterdam port plan exchange for biomass trading
APX-Endex, the Anglo-Dutch electricity and gas exchange, is to cooperate with the Port of Rotterdam in a feasibility study on starting exchange trading of biomass products.
The study will focus on wood pellets, which can be used as an alternative to coal as a likely first product. It will examine whether APX-Endex could create a market for trading and clearing sales, while the port supplied infrastructure for physical settlement.
The two companies appealed to the new Dutch government to swiftly take a position on the
role of biomass in the energy mix. After the June 9 elections, parties are still negotiating towards forming a government.
The initiative is supported by the Holland Financial Centre and Rotterdam Climate Initiative as it
is in line with their objectives. Proponents of biomass argue that burning it can help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, though such...