These are common in electricity and fuels trading, reflecting the margin between the cost of the fuel input and the value of the electricity output.
Spark Spread typically refers to gas-fired power (price of electricity minus cost of natural gas).
Dark Spread is similarly calculated for coal-fired generation.
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