Equity Contract For Difference In Wake
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1. CFDs are highly leveraged. Leverage can in many instances help an investor increase their potential for maximising returns on successful trades. However, without a proper understanding of how leverage actually works, or the risks that it imposes, its use can very quickly lead to large, unexpected losses.
The primary reasons for the ban are concerns over the lack of transparency and the risks associated with leveraged trading. CFDs are over-the-counter (OTC) products, meaning they are traded directly between parties without going through a regulated exchange.
CfDs incentivise investment in renewable energy by providing developers of projects with high upfront costs and long lifetimes with direct protection from volatile wholesale prices, and they protect consumers from paying increased support costs when electricity prices are high.
The primary reasons for the ban are concerns over the lack of transparency and the risks associated with leveraged trading. CFDs are over-the-counter (OTC) products, meaning they are traded directly between parties without going through a regulated exchange.
In a physical PPA, an organization signs a long-term contract with a third-party seller who agrees to build, maintain, and operate a renewable energy system either on the customer's property (on-site) or off-site.
There are three problems with the conventional CfD: produce-and-forget incentives, distortion on intraday and balancing markets, and the fact that volume risks remain unhedged.
A Virtual PPA (VPPA), often referred to as a 'contract for differences' is a financial contract where the buyer does not physically receive electricity from the contracted solar project.
