{"podcast":{"title":"The HC Commodities Podcast","slug":"the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341","podcast_index_feed_id":1242341,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/QXaWSc4o","website_url":"https://www.hcgroup.global/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bc8f2a4b-bd5a-4f0e-ad64-7fa59698e65d/a85833c2-463c-48a7-b364-5972dd671c12/3000x3000/hc_podcast_logo_300th_anniversary_post_event.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Paul Chapman, HC Group","episode_count":340,"summary":"Each day, around the world, we have fascinating one-on-one conversations with our connections in the commodities sector. Our collaborators are uniquely informed, creative and inspirational in their fields. We want to provide our community a seat alongside us, listening in to these conversations in that special way podcasting provides as we tackle topical and people related issues with the leaders and leading minds in our sector. Visit www.hcgroup.global more information on us and our services. To connect with our host Paul Chapman, you can find him at www.linkedin.com/in/paulchapmanhc/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:20:01.321788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341"},"episode":{"title":"Europe’s Power Trading Outlook with Xavier Veillard","slug":"europe-s-power-trading-outlook-with-xavier-veillard","published_at":"2026-04-14T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/europe-s-power-trading-outlook-with-xavier-veillard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341","url":"https://www.hcgroup.global/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/911da7df-97ee-4074-95b8-cb7db4fd953e/f16f4497-1462-46a1-9e27-57c332c5c121/episodes/audio/group/d4a0d694-1c16-4cba-8d1d-49f81c34f7c1/group-item/4999b0a4-0fb5-4dbf-bc70-b807275fcd4b/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=QXaWSc4o","summary":"Today, we return to the European energy markets, in particular, power. How has European power demand fared since COVID and Russia's invasion of Ukraine? What has that done to power markets themselves and the energy mix? Just as European power demand was starting to pick back up, has Israel and the US's attack on Iran upended it? And what has all this volatility meant for power traders and European energy traders more broadly? Our guest is Xavier Veillard, Partner at McKinsey & Company and global lead for power trading, to unpack how market volatility is reshaping power trading strategies and the skills traders now require.","meta_description":"Today, we return to the European energy markets, in particular, power. How has European power demand fared since COVID and Russia's invasion of Ukraine? W…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2811,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/episodes/europe-s-power-trading-outlook-with-xavier-veillard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hc-commodities-podcast-1242341/europe-s-power-trading-outlook-with-xavier-veillard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}