Austrian, Belgian and Dutch Intraday markets surge to all-time high
Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 04 June 2019. In May 2019, a total volume of 49.7 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (May 2018: 50.9 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In May 2019, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 42,195,715 MWh (May 2018: 43,659,235 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 63% of the time (May 2018: 12%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,489,654 MWh was traded in May 2019 (May 2018: 7,217,623 MWh). The Austrian and Belgian Intraday markets more than doubled their traded volumes year-on-year reaching 301,490 MWh and 174,867 MWh. Traded volumes on the Dutch Intraday market grew by 55.4% and reached 266,594 MWh. For all three market segments these are new monthly records.
In May, cross-border trades matched between EPEX SPOT members represented 19.1% of the total continuous intraday volume. 15 minute contracts represented 11.7% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and Belgian continuous Intraday markets.
New members
In May, EPEX SPOT welcomed CFP Trading Limited and EVN AG as new members to the Exchange. Avacon Netz GmbH was newly admitted to the Local Flexibility Market launched in February.
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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in Central Western Europe and the United Kingdom. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, EPEX SPOT is committed to the creation of a pan-European power market. In 2018, its 289 members traded 567 TWh – a third of the domestic consumption in the eight countries covered. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.