About Us
KDF Energy – the CO2 EXPERT
Our Mission
KDF Energy distinguishes itself as the most reliable Romanian private company that offers customized greenhouse gases emissions solutions.
KDF Energy was founded in 2002 as an Energy Consulting company. We began our activities with the goal of bringing different energy resources to homes and businesses in Romania. Over the years, our vision and scope have steadily expanded, together with the technological advances and rapid growth of the energy industry itself.
Today, KDF Energy‘s activity is dedicated to environmental solutions and increasing energy efficiency, having a clear mission: the specialist partner for carbon emissions and high-efficiency green technology!
Strategy and Principles
Developing customized solutions for the companies, KDF Energy became the Romanian market leader in trading carbon allowances having the largest clients’ portfolio.
KDF Energy is committed to helping clients optimize business outcomes, identifying new opportunities, and solving challenges on the carbon and energy market. Respecting the promises made to our clients, we firmly believe in the potential of the carbon market in Romania and its neighboring countries.
We are confident about our future, and we look forward to serving a growing customer base for many years to come with the same level of enthusiasm and dedication that we have had from the first day.
At KDF Energy we have a constant drive towards innovation, creativity and the launch of new services and products for our clients. We have launched integrated products and services, offering not only trading services, but also administration contracts for allowances, including consultancy and administrative support for legal compliance.
KDF Energy offers more than a financial product. In addition to trading greenhouse gases emissions, power, gas, coal, and other commodities, we have assumed the role of the environmental consultant for our clients, providing all necessary information, analyses and recommendations needed to increase energy efficiency and ensure legal compliance. We collaborate with Romanian and Bulgarian Governments regarding the AAUs surplus and the possibilities to achieve maximum benefits from the GIS.
We play an important role in the educational arena in the energy and environmental sector, periodically organizing seminars and conferences on market trends and legislative changes.
Our businesses need specialist technology and new approaches if they are to grow on scale. Therefore, we combine our skills and experience with those of many partners around the world, most of them financial institutions and international traders.
Currently being present in Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, KDF Energy aims at increasing its activity on international markets as a long term business strategy.
Overall Presentation
We offer trading services for greenhouse gases emissions (carbon emissions – AAUs, EUAs, CERs, and ERUs), power, gas, coal, and for other commodities to meet the demands of our customers.
KDF Energy is the Romanian market leader in trading carbon allowances having the largest clients’ portfolio. Our clients’ portfolio is the most developed in the carbon business. Currently, KDF Energy serves over 60% of the number of ETS operators included in the GHG National Allocation Plan of Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece.
KDF Energy provides a wide range of services:
- acts as partner in trading carbon allowances and green certificates for power
- offers consultancy services in the environment field, carbon and renewable energy markets, CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), JI (Joint Implementation) management, and GIS (Green Investment Scheme)
- regularly analyses the greenhouse gases emissions portofolio
- plans the carbon emissions in relation with the production
- periodically controls the greenhouse gases emissions
Our headquarter is in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. We have also opened another local office in the south of Romania at Targu-Jiu. Since 2009, KDF Energy has been established its presence on international markets, with offices in Greece - Athens, and Bulgaria – Pleven.
Externally, KDF Energy offers the followings:
- collaborates with carbon and investment funds on the carbon and renewable energy markets
- acts as a broker for carbon emissions certificates and green certificates
- offers consultancy services, strategies, CDM/JI management
- provides strategic analyses and management of the risk
Since 2009, KDF Energy has been a member of Climex, the European exchange for environmental commodities and energy contracts, based in Amsterdam, operating within the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Moreover, through our external partners, we can provide clearing, execution, OTC execution, margin finance and structured products for compliance buyers and carbon asset companies (consumers and producers). Such exposure has provided KDF with access to the European exchange–traded carbon credits within the European Union, with access to spot, future and option contracts in European Union Allowances (EUAs) and Certified Emission Reductions (CERs).
At the same time, KDF Energy is a member of The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), with headquarter at Geneva, and The Romanian Carbon Association. KDF Energy participates in IETA working groups that lobby the European Commission and the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC):
- Post-2012 & Clean Development Project/Joint Implementation (CDM/JI)
- The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) Phase 3
- Climate Finance Working Group
- Voluntary Market
KDF Energy operates under strict regulations and ISO procedures (ISO 9001 – Quality Management System and ISO 14001 – Environment Protection Management System) in order to achieve maximum efficiency in the services we provide.
KDF Energy Team
KDF Energy has a dedicated and dynamic team of 15 professionals, seasoned consultants and employees, with experience in energy sectors, economics, equity and carbon trading. Our team has a constant drive towards innovation, creativity, launching new services and products, and serving our clients with the same level of enthusiasm and commitment as in our first day.
Our company’s strengths that will lead to financial performance are the followings:
- A dedicated team committed to helping clients optimize business outcomes, identifying new opportunities, and solving challenges on the carbon market
- Competent management, with special negotiation skills and good knowledge of specific markets
- Active on all major exchanges through our external partners – ICE ECX, EEX, Bluenext, Nordpool, Green Market
- Use of sophisticated trading tools on all the range of carbon products: EUAs, CERs, ERUs, Swap, Spread, Options
- Activities developed in partnership with financial institutions and international traders in the carbon market
- High turnover (EUR 75 million – the average of the last two years, 2009 and 2010) and very significant trade in terms of carbon certificates (25 million EUAs, CERs and ERUs traded between 2009 – the first half of 2011)
- Access to carbon and energy markets for industrial players, governments, projects developers, financial investors
KDF Energy has developed itself together with the market, being a path breaker. The outstanding results achieved in 2009 and 2010 reflect opportunities for the future and the economic growth forecasted for the future years. Risks foreseen by KDF Energy that can influence financial performance are related to the regulatory aspects of the market that are subject to change as well as the global financial and economic crisis.
KDF Energy is committed to financial performance, and to generating attractive financial returns for clients whilst continuing its engagement in the climate warming reduction.
