French Intraday trading on the rise
Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 01 July 2019. In June 2019, a total volume of 51.3 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (June 2018: 45.0 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In June 2019, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 43,442,697 MWh (June 2018: 39,083,676 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 39% of the time (June 2018: 16%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,890,845 MWh was traded in June 2019 (June 2018: 5,884,702 MWh), with a healthy growth rate of 34.1%. The French Intraday market grew by 65.1%, driven by the hourly continuous products, and reached 629,884 MWh. The Belgian Intraday continued its growth path and reached 184,884 MWh, which represents an increase of 152.7%. Austrian and Dutch Intraday trading also continued their growth path of the previous month with a volume increase of 71.8% and 163.4% respectively.
In June, cross-border trades matched between EPEX SPOT members represented 18.2% of the total continuous intraday volume. 15 minute contracts represented 12.0% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and Belgian continuous Intraday markets.
More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report below.
New members
In June, EPEX SPOT welcomed Marble Power Limited, Société Valmy Défense 38, TRMEW Obrot SA and Wien Energie GmbH as new members to the Exchange.
- ENDS
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.
