Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 1 June 2016. In May 2016, a total volume of 46.1 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (May 2015: 48.3 TWh).
Day-Ahead markets
In May 2016, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT (including APX) accounted for a total of 40,732,895 MWh (May 2015: 43,042,536 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 48% of the time (May 2015: 16%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets (including APX), a total volume of 5,398,668 MWh was traded in May 2016 (May 2015: 5,233,811 MWh).
The Intraday markets in Switzerland and Austria as well as the German Intraday auction for 15-minute contracts reached new all-time highs. These results underline the overall development towards more flexible, short-term power trading.
In May, cross-border trades represented 26% of the total continuous Intraday volume in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 11% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report on pages 3 and 4.
New members
In May, EPEX SPOT welcomed GFP Trading Limited as a new member to the Power UK market.
- 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. The creation of a pan-European power market is what defines EPEX SPOT’s mission. In 2015, its 280 members traded 566 TWh – a third of the domestic consumption in these eight countries. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. EPEX SPOT is part of EEX Group. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.
