Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 05 March 2018. In February 2018, a total volume of 42.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (February 2017: 41.2 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In February 2018, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 36,627,906 MWh (February 2017: 35,610,531 MWh). The French and UK Day-ahead markets registered a year-on-year growth of 26.4% and 15.2% respectively.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 30% of the time (February 2017: 22%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 6,217,602 MWh was traded in February 2018 (February 2017: 5,563,563 MWh).
In February, cross-border trades represented 14.4% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 12.1% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report on pages 4 and 5.
New members
In February, EPEX SPOT welcomed Balance of Power Trading Ltd. as new member 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 2017, its 285 members traded 535 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.
