EEX says that trading participants on the EEX derivatives market will be able to hedge against volume risks in the generation of wind power within the German/Austrian market area.

Wind Power Futures is the second so-called Energiewende product to be launched by the exchange and comes in response to the increasing challenges posed by the energy transition in Germany.

In September 2014,  EEX launched trading in Cap Futures, a derivatives market product for hedging against price peaks on the German intraday market.

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