Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abbreviation
CLIMEX
Location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Region
Europe
Product Types
Emissions, Carbon Credits
Climex was a Netherlands-based electronic exchange for trading environmental commodities, particularly EU Emissions Allowances (EUAs), Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), and Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) under the Kyoto Protocol. Founded in the early 2000s to serve growing European carbon markets, Climex was one of the first platforms to provide standardised electronic trading for emission certificates. The platform subsequently wound down or was absorbed as EEX and ICE became the dominant carbon trading venues.
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Eurex Exchange, founded in 1998 and owned by Deutsche Börse Group, is one of the world's largest derivatives exchanges. While primarily known for interest rate, equity, and index derivatives, Eurex's commodity segment offers exchange-traded commodity products including agricultural futures, metals, and commodity index derivatives. Eurex operates electronic trading for over 2,000 products and provides clearing and settlement through Eurex Clearing, one of Europe's largest central counterparties. Eurex is co-headquartered in Frankfurt and Zurich.
The Moscow Energy Exchange (MOSENEX) is a Russian electronic energy trading platform, facilitating transactions in electricity and heat energy for wholesale market participants. MOSENEX serves as a spot trading venue for Russian domestic electricity, complementing the larger derivatives and futures market infrastructure offered by SPIMEX. The exchange operates within the regulatory framework of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service and supports trading participants including power producers, utilities, and industrial energy consumers.
APX-ENDEX was a pan-European energy exchange formed in 2010 through the merger of APX Group (Netherlands/Belgium/UK power) and ENDEX (Dutch and Belgian gas and power derivatives). The combined platform operated day-ahead and intraday power markets for the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK, as well as derivative markets for natural gas and CO2 allowances. APX-ENDEX was subsequently absorbed into the EEX Group (Deutsche Börse) following EEX's acquisition, consolidating European power market trading infrastructure.