EPEX SPOT power trading results of April 2017: Belgian Day-Ahead market reaches all-time high
03/05/2017Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna
In April 2017, a total volume of 45.5 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (April 2016: 42.5 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In April 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 39,775,771 MWh which represents a year-on-year increase of 6.1% (April 2016: 37,498,481 MWh). The traded volumes on the Belgian Day-Ahead market reached a record high of 2,302,427 MWh.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 46% of the time (April 2016: 57%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,746,936 MWh was traded in April 2017, an increase of 14.3 % compared to April 2016 (April 2016: 5,027,789 MWh).
In April, cross-border trades represented 21.1% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 10.8% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous intraday markets.
New members
In April, EPEX SPOT welcomed MFT Energy P/S and Restore France SAS as new members to the exchange.
EPEX SPOT – Monthly Figures Report for April 2017
Volumes
|
Power Spot Volumes |
Monthly volume MWh |
Monthly volume – previous year MWh |
|
Total |
45,522,707 |
42,526,270 |
|
Day-Ahead |
39,775,771 |
37,498,481 |
|
Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU |
19,653,135 |
19,506,076 |
|
Day-Ahead FR |
9,599,144 |
8,663,221 |
|
Day-Ahead UK total |
3,800,283 |
2,841,192 |
|
- Day-Ahead auction |
3,534,991 |
2,645,063 |
|
- Half-Hour 15:30 auction |
265,292 |
196,129 |
|
Day-Ahead NL |
2,384,131 |
2,991,747 |
|
Day-Ahead BE |
2,302,427 |
1,437,364 |
|
Day-Ahead CH |
2,036,651 |
2,058,881 |
|
Intraday |
5,746,936 |
5,027,789 |
|
Intraday DE/AT total |
3,958,183 |
3,297,285 |
|
- hourly continuous DE |
2,953,091 |
2,388,609 |
|
- 30-min continuous DE |
5,014 |
0* |
|
- 15-min continuous DE |
375,866 |
311,991 |
|
- 15-min call auction DE |
403,424 |
412,639 |
|
- hourly continuous AT |
197,284 |
172,590 |
|
- 15-min continuous AT |
18,924 |
11,456 |
|
Intraday FR |
299,163 |
351,942 |
|
- hourly continuous FR |
293,418 |
351,942 |
|
- 30-min continuous FR |
5,745 |
0* |
|
Continuous UK |
1,146,553 |
1,089,687 |
|
Continuous NL |
111,022 |
69,838 |
|
Continuous BE |
74,600 |
44,259 |
|
Intraday CH total |
154,226 |
165,213 |
|
- hourly continuous |
148,814 |
158,159 |
|
- 30-min continuous |
159 |
0* |
|
- 15-min continuous |
5,253 |
7,053 |
|
OTC Registration |
8,019 |
9,565 |
*segment launched in March 2017
Prices and Indices
|
|
Price – monthly average Price/MWh |
|
Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU – PHELIX |
€28.87 / €34.36 |
|
Day-Ahead FR |
€34.77 / €38.84 |
|
Day-Ahead UK |
£41.07 / £41.76 |
|
Day-Ahead UK Half-Hour |
£40.81 / £41.20 |
|
Day-Ahead NL |
€35.37 / €38.38 |
|
Day-Ahead BE |
€37.31 / €41.33 |
|
Day-Ahead CH – SWISSIX |
€33.59 / €38.87 |
|
European Electricity Index – ELIX |
€26.84 / €32.39*** |
|
Intraday DE/AT (hourly continuous) |
€27.82 / €33.07 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous DE |
€27.96 / €33.20 |
|
Intraday 15-minute continuous DE |
€27.20 / €32.75 |
|
Intraday 15-minute call auction DE |
€28.75 / €34.19 |
|
Intraday FR (hourly continuous) |
€34.26 / €39.25 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous FR |
€34.15 / €39.35 |
|
Intraday NL |
€36,10 / €39,98 |
|
Intraday BE |
€35.50 / €40.38 |
|
Intraday CH (hourly continuous) |
€33.85 / €39.08 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous CH |
€33.86 / €39.13 |
** Peak excl. weekend
*** Calculated on the orders of DE/AT/LU, FR & CH under the assumption of unlimited transmission capacity between the markets
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