Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 03 January 2018. In December 2017, a total volume of 47.0 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (December 2016: 43.5 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In December 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 40,553,639 MWh (December 2016: 37,876,519 MWh).
The UK half-hour auction reached a monthly record in December 2017, with 378,724 MWh traded.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 6% of the time (December 2016: 7%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 6,475,908 MWh was traded in December 2017 (December 2016: 5,615,886 MWh). Monthly records were reached on several market segments: Hourly continuous trading in Austria, France and the UK reached record volumes as well as the German 15-minute auction.
In December, cross-border trades represented 16.1% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 9.5% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
New members
In December, EPEX SPOT welcomed National Grid Interconnectors Limited as new member to the exchange.
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 2016, its 278 members 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. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
EPEX SPOT – Monthly Figures Report for December 2017
