Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 03 January 2019. In December 2018, a total volume of 51.2 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (December 2017: 47.1 TWh). This represents a year-on-year growth of 8.7%.
Day-Ahead markets
In December 2018, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 44,063,304 MWh (December 2017: 40,553,639 MWh) and hence grew by 8.7% year-on-year. Belgian Day-Ahead trading surged to a new all-time high and reached 2,813,352 MWh.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 26% of the time (December 2017: 6%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 7,149,365 MWh was traded in December 2018 (December 2017: 6,561,919 MWh). This represents a year-on-year growth rate of 9.0%, mainly driven by strong growth rates on the Belgian (59.1%), the German (13.3%) and the French (13.1%) Intraday markets.
In December, cross-border trades matched between EPEX SPOT members represented 11.7% of the total continuous intraday volume. 15-minute contracts represented 11.6% 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 enclosed report below.
New members
In December, EPEX SPOT welcomed Castleton Commodities Merchant Cayman Ltd. and Elektrix S.A. as new member to the Exchange.
- 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 2018, 284 TWh have been traded on EPEX SPOT markets. 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.
