Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 02 May 2018.
In April 2018, a total volume of 48.7 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (April 2017: 45.5 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In April 2018, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 41,356,768 MWh (April 2017: 39,775,771 MWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 4% thanks to increased volumes on the German/Austrian, French, UK, Swiss and Dutch market.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 38% of the time (April 2017: 29%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,374,064 MWh was traded in April 2018 (April 2017: 5,747,189 MWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 28%, backed by solid growth rates on all market areas. The German Intraday continuous segment reached a record high with 4,065,743 MWh traded in total.
In April, cross-border trades represented 18% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 12.4% 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 April, EPEX SPOT welcomed BayWa r.e. Clean Energy Sourcing GmbH and XENON CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED as new members to the exchange.
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