Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 04 March 2019. In February 2019, a total volume of 46.1 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (February 2018: 42.8 TWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 7.6%.
Day-Ahead markets
In February 2019, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 39,763,736 MWh (February 2018: 36,627,906 MWh) and thus continues its growth path by a rate of 8.6%.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 44% of the time (February 2018: 30%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 6,340,680 MWh was traded in February 2019 (February 2018: 6,217,603 MWh). On the German Intraday market, the 15 minute auction grew by 6.2%, 15 minute continuous trading by 5.0%. Further significant growth rates were reached on the Belgian, British and Dutch continuous Intraday markets, with 14.5%, 18.2% and 15.3% respectively.
In February, cross-border trades matched between EPEX SPOT members represented 13,4% of the total continuous intraday volume. 15 minute contracts represented 12.6% 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 report below.
New members
In February, EPEX SPOT welcomed EWE Netz GmbH and Frequenz.io Energy 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.
EPEX SPOT - Monthly Figures Report for February 2019
