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Power spot markets boosted by 10.5% on year

Volume on GB Intraday auctions increases by 27.5%

Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Brussels / London / Paris / Vienna, 2 December 2020. In November 2020, a total volume of 51.9 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (November 2019: 47.0 TWh). This represents a 10.5% growth on year, driven by both Day-Ahead (+ 9.4%) and Intraday (+ 15.5%) trading.

EPEX Day-Ahead

In November 2020, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 42,352.5 GWh (November 2019: 38,720.1 GWh). The French Day-Ahead market registered 10,323.5 GWh, corresponding to a 11.0% growth on year. Day-Ahead volumes in Belgium increased by 11.7% on year reaching 1,550.3 GWh. The Finnish Day-Ahead rose to 502.6 GWh.

EPEX Intraday

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 9,508.0 GWh was traded in November 2020 (November 2019: 8,229.9 GWh). The Belgian continuous market had a strong month with 200.8 GWh traded, representing an increase of 30.2%. The German Intraday market, covering the Intraday auction and continuous trading, increased by 14.7% and reached 5,404.8 GWh. The Danish Intraday market reached 146.3 GWh.

848.5 GWh were traded on the Intraday auctions, covering hourly, half-hourly and 15 minute contracts. Traded volume on the German 15 minute auction increased by 13.1% on year reaching 589.7 GWh. The GB Intraday auctions witnessed a significant increase of volume of 27.5%, with 140.0 GWh traded in November 2020.

More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report from page 4.