Why Battery Trading Is Getting Harder (Inside ENGIE’s Algo Trading Desk)

Manual battery trading is already obsolete.Patrick speaks with Ioannis Boukas, Head of Algorithmic Trading for Batteries & Renewables at ENGIE, about scaling algorithmic trading inside a major utility.They discuss battery optimisation, intraday trading, and how large-scale assets are traded across multiple markets. Ioannis explains why automation, data, and infrastructure are now critical to performance.The conversation also covers building algo trading desks, integrating with manual teams, and the future of battery trading as competition increases.