Power Trading Results in November 2013: French Intraday displays second best volume ever
Paris, 4 December 2013. In November 2013, a total volume of 29.0 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (November 2012: 29.2 TWh). The French Intraday market displayed particularly good results. 317,089 MWh were traded on the French Intraday in November, which is the second best result ever.
Day-Ahead markets
In November 2013, power trading on the Day-Ahead auctions on EPEX SPOT accounted for a total of 27,054,989 MWh (November 2012: 27,685,313 MWh) and can be broken down as follows:
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Areas |
Monthly volume |
Monthly volume – previous year |
Price – monthly average |
|
|
DE/AT |
20,049,565 |
21,079,029 |
39.22 / 53.80 |
|
|
FR |
5,492,174 |
5,126,763 |
49.11 / 62.03 |
|
|
CH |
1,513,250 |
1,479,521 |
49.33 / 61.94 |
|
|
ELIX – European Electricity Index |
42.80 / 57.71 |
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* Peak excl. weekend
Prices within the French and the German market, both coupled with the Benelux markets within Central Western Europe (CWE), converged 35% of the time.
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 1,949,524 MWh was traded in November 2013 (November 2012: 1,480,388 MWh).
|
Areas |
Monthly volume MWh |
Monthly volume – previous year MWh |
|
DE/AT |
1,552,517 |
1,278,786 |
|
FR |
317,089 |
201,602 |
|
CH |
79,918 |
0* |
* Swiss market launched in June 2013
In November, cross-border trades represented 19.7% of the total Intraday volume. Volume in 15-Minute contracts amounted to 189,720 MWh. In November, they represented 11.9% of the volume traded on the German and Swiss Intraday markets.
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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates the power spot markets for France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Day-Ahead and Intraday). Together these countries account for more than one third of the European power consumption. EPEX SPOT is a European company (Societas Europaea) based in Paris with a branch in Leipzig. This year, 314 TWh were traded on EPEX SPOT’s power markets until 30 November.