Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 1 March 2017. In February 2017, a total volume of 41.2 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (February 2016: 47.7 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In February 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 35,610,531 MWh (February 2016: 42,671,968 MWh). The traded volumes on the UK half-hour auction topped last month’s record and reached 266,201 MWh.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 22% of the time (February 2016: 37%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,563,563 MWh was traded in February 2017 (February 2016: 5,020,945 MWh).
In February, cross-border trades represented 15.2% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 10,6% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous intraday markets.
More details on volumes and prices are available below.
New members
In February, EPEX SPOT welcomed Brookfield Renewable Supply 2 Ltd. as new member to the exchange.
Two existing members extended their activities to new market segments: Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH joined the Dutch Intraday market and PGE Trading GmbH joined the German Intraday market.
- 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. The creation of a pan-European power market is what defines EPEX SPOT’s mission. In 2016, its 278 mem-bers traded 529 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. EPEX SPOT is part of EEX Group. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
