Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 4 January 2016. In December 2015, a total volume of 52.3 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT's Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (December 2014: 46 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In December 2015, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT (including APX markets) accounted for a total of 46,917,768 MWh (December 2014: 41,207,862 MWh).
The Power UK Day-Ahead market experienced already the second consecutive all-time monthly high with 4,559,383 MWh traded.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 30% of the time (December 2014: 13%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets (including APX), a total volume of 5,339,961 MWh was traded in December 2015 (December 2014: 4,805,522 MWh).
In December, cross-border trades represented 8% of the total continuous Intraday volume in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 9% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
New members
In December, EPEX SPOT welcomed new members to its markets. BTG Pactual Commodities (Switzerland) SA joined the German/Austrian and French Day-Ahead auctions. ExtraEnergie GmbH joined the German/Austrian Day-Ahead auction and the German Intraday markets. Stadtwerke München GmbH and KOM-Solution GmbH extended their existing EPEX SPOT memberships to the German Intraday 15-minutes auction. Markedskraft ASA and Tinmar Energy SA extended their memberships to the Austrian Intraday market and Gunvor International BV to the Swiss Intraday market.
Please find further details on the volumes and prices below.
- ENDS
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate organised short-term electricity markets for Germany, France, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg; markets representing 50% of European electricity consumption. Striving for the well-functioning European single market for electricity, EPEX SPOT shares its expertise with partners across the continent and beyond. EPEX SPOT is a European company (Societas Europaea) in corporate structure and staff, based in Paris with offices or affiliates in Amsterdam, Bern, Brussels, Leipzig, London and Vienna. More than 280 companies have traded over 500 TWh of electricity on EPEX SPOT and its affiliates in 2015. EPEX SPOT is held by EEX Group, part of Deutsche Börse, and HGRT, a holding of European electricity transmission system operators. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
