Swiss Day-Ahead on the rise
New monthly record on the French Intraday market
Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 02 August 2019. In July 2019, a total volume of 48.8 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (July 2018: 45.5 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In July 2019, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 41,209,323 MWh (July 2018: 39,403,989 MWh). The Swiss Day-Ahead market grew by 31.9% and reached 2,705,132 MWh, which represents a new record.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 54% of the time (July 2018: 64%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,594,861 MWh was traded in July 2019 (July 2018: 6,140,712 MWh). The growth path of the Belgian, Dutch and French Intraday markets continues, and the three markets grew by 46.4%, 80.5% and 35.0% respectively. The French Intraday market also reached a new record, with 657,268 MWh traded.
In July, cross-border trades matched between EPEX SPOT members represented 17.4% of the total continuous Intraday volume. 15 minute contracts represented 12.6% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and Belgian continuous Intraday markets.
More details on volumes and prices are available in the report below.
New members
- 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. 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 the first half of 2019, 300 TWh were traded on EPEX SPOT markets. In 2018, its 289 members traded 567 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.
