Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 2 February 2017. In January 2017, a total volume of 43 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (January 2016: 49.3 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In January 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 37,097,360 MWh (January 2016: 43,965,077 MWh). A record of 247,867 MWh was registered for the UK half-hour auction.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 6% of the time (January 2016: 37%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,936,012 MWh was traded in January 2017 (January 2016: 5,348,188 MWh). The Belgian and French Intraday markets have reached an all-time high of 87,654 MW for Belgium and 417,594 MWh for France. Record volumes were also registered on the Austrian and German continuous market, with 3,667,717 MWh traded.
In January, cross-border trades represented 15% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 9% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous intraday markets.
New members
In January, EPEX SPOT welcomed OAK Capital LLP as new member to the exchange.
Four existing members extended their activities to new market segments: Sev.en EC, a.s. joined the Austrian Intraday market, Energie E&E B.V. as well as Northpool B.V. joined the Belgian and Dutch Day-ahead and Intraday markets. Next Kraftwerke GmbH extended their activities to the Belgian and Swiss Day-ahead and Intraday markets.
- 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. The creation of a pan-European power market is what defines EPEX SPOT’s mission. In 2016, its 278 mem-bers traded 529 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. EPEX SPOT is part of EEX Group. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
