Launching February 27, 2026, the new contracts extend Abaxx’s weather-indexed wind benchmarks across Europe’s major renewable power systems
Abaxx Technologies, a financial software and market infrastructure company, indirect majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd. (“Abaxx Singapore”), the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, today announced that Abaxx Exchange will expand its European wind futures offering through the launch of Enwex Netherlands, France and Spain Onshore Wind contracts, available for trading beginning February 27, 2026, pending U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulatory review.
These contracts extend Abaxx’s weather-indexed wind suite to three of Europe’s leading renewable power systems, providing standardized, exchange-cleared tools for managing weather-driven volume risk. In the first half of 2025, below-average wind conditions across large parts of Europe were associated with estimated 10% to 20% drops in revenue at wind farms in nearly half of the analyzed regions — underscoring the need for country-specific benchmarks that allow market participants across the power value chain to hedge renewable-generation exposure.¹
The Netherlands, France and Spain Onshore Wind futures (NWM, FWM and SWM) are euro-denominated, financially settled contracts indexed to the respective Enwex Wind country indices — forecast-based benchmarks that translate wind speed at 100 meters into standardized generation utilization rates, expressed in €/MWh.
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“With wind futures in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) already live, launching contracts in the Netherlands, France, and Spain completes a six-market set of wind benchmarks that enable firms to deploy multi-market hedging strategies for weather-driven risk,” said Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer of Abaxx Exchange. “The suite creates a connected, cross-border framework for managing renewable-driven volatility across Europe and beyond.”
Abaxx Technologies is building Smarter Markets: markets empowered by better tools, better benchmarks, and better technology to drive market-based solutions to the biggest challenges we face as a society, including the energy transition.
In addition to developing and deploying financial technologies that make communication, trade, and transactions easier and more secure, Abaxx is the majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore, the owner of Abaxx Exchange and Abaxx Clearing, and the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Abaxx Spot Pte. Ltd., the operator of Abaxx Spot.
Abaxx Exchange delivers the market infrastructure critical to the shift toward an electrified, low-carbon economy through centrally-cleared, physically-deliverable futures contracts in LNG, carbon, battery materials, and precious metals, meeting the commercial needs of today’s commodity markets and establishing the next generation of global benchmarks.
Abaxx Spot modernizes physical gold trading through a physically-backed gold pool in Singapore. As the first instance of a co-located spot and futures market for gold, Abaxx Spot enables secure electronic transactions, efficient OTC transfers, and is designed to support physical delivery for Abaxx Exchange’s physically-deliverable gold futures contract, providing integrated infrastructure to deliver smarter gold markets.
Adaptive Infrastructure closes critical gaps in post-trade infrastructure by providing a unified custodial foundation across environmental markets and digital title assets. Incorporated in Barbados and regulated by the Financial Services Commission of Barbados, the company delivers institutional-grade custody, settlement, and transfer agency services designed to reduce risk and improve reliability across asset classes.
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