Monthly Intraday volume rises by 16.6% on year

Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 04 August 2020. In July 2020, a total volume of 49.5 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (July 2019: 48.8 TWh).

EPEX Day-Ahead

In July 2020, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 40,633.0 GWh (July 2019: 41,209.3 GWh). The Norwegian Day-Ahead reached 729.8 GWh.

EPEX Intraday

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 8,858.9 GWh was traded in July 2020 (July 2019: 7,594.9 GWh). The Danish Intraday reached 127.7 GWh. The overall Intraday volume rose by 16.6% on year. Swiss Intraday trading displayed a healthy growth rate of 100.7% and reached 110.3 GWh. The Belgian and French Intraday markets grew by 37.0% and 38.5% on year respectively.

859.7 GWh were traded on the Intraday auctions, covering hourly, half-hourly and 15 minute contracts.

More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report below.

New members

In July, EPEX SPOT welcomed ENERGOVIA EOOD and enspired GmbH as new members of the Exchange.

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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in Central Western Europe, the United Kingdom and in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. 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. Over 300 members trade electricity across twelve countries on EPEX SPOT. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.