Paris / Leipzig / Bern / Vienna, 02 July 2015. In June 2015, a total volume of 34.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (June 2014: 30 TWh).
Trading in 15-minute contracts and the French and Swiss markets showed particular strong results.
Day-Ahead markets
In June 2015, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for a total of 31,327,608 MWh (June 2014: 27,585,151 MWh).
The French power market continued its trend towards growth in June 2015 with a year-on-year increase of 67% on the Day-Ahead.
Prices within Central Western Europe, connected within the European Price Coupling, converged 26% of the time, the highest rate this year so far.
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 3,484,773 MWh was traded in June 2015 (June 2014: 2,459,328 MWh).
The Swiss Intraday market saw a record of 127,775 MWh that follows the previous record of 125,209 MWh from last month. On the German and Swiss Intraday market, the trading of 15-minute-contracts (continuous and auction) increased by 48% on June 2014, boosted also by the launch of the 15-minute call auction on the German Intraday last December.
In June, cross-border trades represented 20.3% of the total continuous Intraday volume. 15-minute contracts represented 11.6% of the volume traded on the German and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
Details on the volumes and prices are available in the enclosed monthly report below:
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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates the short-term electricity markets for Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. EPEX SPOT owns 100% of APX Group (including Belpex), operator of the short-term electricity markets for the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium. Striving for the creation of a 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 in Amsterdam, Bern, Brussels, Leipzig, London and Vienna. 275 companies trade over 450 TWh of electricity on EPEX SPOT and APX every year – one third of its countries’ electricity consumption. EPEX SPOT is held by EEX Group, part of Deutsche Börse, and European electricity transmission system operators. For more information: www.epexspot.com