EPEX SPOT power trading results of November 2017: All markets register healthy volumes

Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 05 December 2017. In November 2017, a total volume of 43.4 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (November 2016: 41.5 TWh). This represents a year on year growth of 4.7%, with a 3.9% growth in Day-ahead and a 10% growth in Intraday trading.

Day-Ahead markets

In November 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 37,519,558 MWh (November 2016: 36,100,050 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 8% of the time (November 2016: 7%).

Intraday markets

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,893,423 MWh was traded in November 2017 (November 2016: 5,357,280 MWh).
In November, cross-border trades represented 14.5% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 10.4% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.

More details on volumes and prices are available below.

New members

In November, EPEX SPOT welcomed COBBLESTONE ENERGY LTD, Buitengaats CV and N.V. HVC as new members 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 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.