July volumes increase year on year

Belgian Intraday grows by 67%, Dutch Intraday by 61%

Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 02 August 2017.

In July 2017, a total volume of 44.1 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (July 2016: 43.8 TWh).

Day-Ahead markets

In July 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 38,644,530 MWh (July 2016: 38,593,473 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 61% of the time (July 2016: 42%).
 

Intraday markets

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,411,617 MWh was traded in July 2017 (July 2016: 5,157,600 MWh). The Swiss Intraday market reached an all-time high with 206,593 MWh traded.
In July, cross-border trades represented 28.6% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 11.5% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.

New members

In July, EPEX SPOT welcomed MND a.s., E.ON UK ENERGY MARKETS L. and Lightfield Limited as new members to the exchange.

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