Case Studies

Drax Power

Drax is the cleanest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in the UK and currently provides enough power to meet seven per cent of the UK’s electricity needs. It has an output capacity of 4,000 megawatts, making it nearly twice the size of the next largest coal-fired power station in the UK.

Share and collaborate live market data

The trading team at Drax delivers a vital commercial role and its recent expansion into new commodity markets had fueled an urgent need for accurate and timely market intelligence, delivered to the desktop of the whole trading team.  Sharing and collaborating on up to the minute information was critical to decision making in dynamic market.

SharePoint portal for market intelligence

Rocket Solutions designed and implemented 'Market Eye'.  Based on the SharePoint Server 2007 platform, Market Eye is a central portal for sharing live market news feeds, latest market data, analytical tools and calculators, commodity dashboards, team calendars and all of the support information that traders need at their fingertips.

SharePoint enables management of this content (through security, and version control) whilst the search capability makes it quick and easy to find specific content.

Driving Performance

Market Eye is directly supporting Drax's existing and emerging trading activity. The trading team's performance has increased and senior management are able to track critical operational metrics in real time.

Built on the tightly integrated SharePoint Server and SQL Server technologies, the solution has been cost-effective to both develop and maintain, with a strong focus having been placed on knowledge and skills transfer from Rocket's experts to the Drax team