Why Power Markets Will Never Behave Like Financial Markets | Time2Talk #208: Eleonora Pilla

Welcome to this episode of Time2Talk, where we talk about interesting developments in the energy industry. In today's episode, join Eleonora Pilla from Habitat Energy and Eszter Pontenagel from Time2Market, as they discuss: 
 
👉 What energy markets can (and can’t) learn from Wall Street
👉 Can algorithms beat human intuition in power trading
👉 What it takes to launch and scale an energy trading company
👉 How market rule changes create new winners (and unexpected losers) 
👉 Why innovation, not size, is the new edge in energy trading
 
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00:00 - In today’s episode...
01:58 - Welcome Eleanora from Habitat Energy & Quark Energy Trading
03:45 - Finding your place in the energy industry
05:32 - Founding Quark Energy Trading and early market lessons
07:18 - The UK’s energy market: opportunity or over-competition?
09:05 - How transparency is reshaping power trading
10:52 - The biggest challenges of running a modern trading business
12:40 - Algorithmic trading in energy: what people still get wrong
14:27 - What energy can (and can’t) learn from Wall Street
16:15 - The art and science of predicting price volatility
18:02 - Changing market rules and auction dynamics
19:50 - The rise of utilities, aggregators, and flexibility markets
21:37 - Building competitive advantage through innovation
23:25 - The role of automation and human oversight
25:12 - How energy trading will evolve over the next decade
27:00 - From data to decision-making: the future of algo trading
28:47 - What’s next for Quark and Habitat: growth, goals, and lessons learned
30:32 - How collaboration and partnerships drive innovation
32:15 - Why the human element will always define trading success
34:00 - Final reflections: balancing technology, risk, and purpose
35:42 - Thank you for today

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