Nord Pool

The company is owned by the European exchange operator Euronext as well as TSO Holding, which represents the continental Nordic and Baltic countries' transmission system operators (TSOs: Fingrid, Energinet, Statnett, Svenska Kraftnät, and Litgrid).

[a] In 2005, Nord Pool Spot AS started trading and clearing of European Union (EU) emission allowances, becoming the first exchange to expand its activities into this area.

On 12 January 2010, Nord Pool Spot AS in cooperation with Nasdaq Commodities launched the N2EX power market in the United Kingdom.

[8] Nord Pool Spot also delivered the technical solution for the Lithuanian market place Baltpool.

[12] On 27 August 2019, Nord Pool started trading in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands, the result of a European Union decision to allow several power exchanges to operate in the same markets, increasing competition.

[citation needed] In 2022, a new mechanism was launched for hourly renewable energy certificates in Great Britain.

1934 control room of Foreningen Samkjøringen at Smestad in Oslo
Logotype of Nord Pool ASA (1996-2000). The company was established in 1996, spun off Nord Pool Spot AS (presently known as Nord Pool AS) in 2001 and was acquired by Nasdaq between 2007 and 2010.
Logotype of Nord Pool ASA (2000-2010)
Logotype of Nord Pool Spot AS (2003-2016)
Logotype of Nord Pool AS (2016-2024)