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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) received the award as the ‘Energy Exchange of the Year’ in the prestigious Energy Business Awards, 2009.
Celebrating their 8th anniversary, the Energy Business Awards 2009 were announced at the 25th Asia-Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) in Singapore on 5th November.
The Energy Business Awards reward excellence in a number of key energy business disciplines; to those companies who are making a significant impact on the way energy business is conducted, mitigating trading risk, utilising energy resources more efficiently, hence curtailing environmental degradation.
Dr. Hans-Bernd Menzel, CEO of EEX, says: “2009 was a vibrant year for the EEX, and for the exchange to be recognised for excellence is significant, not only for EEX and the people who make it work, but also for all our market participants who engage with us.”
The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) is the leading energy exchange in Continental Europe and operates market platforms for trading in power, natural gas, CO2 emission allowances and coal. To this end, EEX relies on an open business model which generates higher flexibility, increased market coverage and bundles liquidity through targeted spin-offs and partnerships. Through this systematic expansion of cooperations, EEX makes a decisive contribution to the integration of the European energy markets. EEX Group also includes European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC), a leading clearing house which operates throughout Europe and whose range of services comprises clearing and settlement of energy exchange transactions concluded on EEX and its partner exchanges as well as OTC transactions.
