Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 04 April 2018.
In March 2018, a total volume of 47.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (March 2017: 47.9 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In March 2018, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 40,275,975 MWh (March 2017: 41,759,248 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 29% of the time (March 2017: 46%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,563,698 MWh was traded in March 2018 (March 2017: 6,157,854 MWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 22.8%, caused by solid growth rates on the German, French, Swiss, Dutch, Belgian and UK Intraday markets.
In March, cross-border trades represented 13.9% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 11.8% 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 March, EPEX SPOT welcomed Zarmen Energia sp. z o. o. and Gelsenwasser AG 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 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.
