Dutch Day-Ahead grows by 39.7%, monthly records registered on the French and Swiss Day-Ahead markets
Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 01 June 2018.
In May 2018, a total volume of 50.9 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (May 2017: 45.2 TWh). The traded volumes exceeded the 50 TWh mark for the first time since December 2015, when 52.2 TWh were traded in one month.
Day-Ahead markets
In May 2018, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 43,659,235 MWh (May 2017: 39,381,095 MWh). The French and Swiss Day-ahead markets reached a monthly record with 11,341,684 MWh and 2,372,725 MWh traded respectively. The Dutch Day-ahead market grew by 39.7% and reached 3,946,094 MWh.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 12% of the time (May 2017: 49%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,217,623 MWh was traded in May 2018 (May 2017: 5,778,851 MWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 25%.
In May, cross-border trades represented 18,6% of the total continuous intraday volume. 15-minute contracts represented 13.1% 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 May, trading member Ezpada AG added five new market segments to their trading portfolio.
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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.
