Trading boost on Dutch power markets

Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Brussels / London / Paris / Vienna, 04 October 2021. In September 2021, a total volume of 48.1 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (September 2020: 47.3 TWh).

EPEX Day-Ahead

In September 2021, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 38,538.0 GWh (September 2020: 38,204.7 GWh). Day-Ahead trading in Denmark increased sevenfold on year reaching 978.3 GWh. The Swedish Day-Ahead volume grew by +158.9% on year and registered 1,320.4 GWh. The Dutch Day-Ahead market grew by +41.2% on year and reached 2,671.5 GWh.

EPEX Intraday

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 9,570.8 GWh was traded in September 2021 (September 2020: 9,111.2 GWh). The Dutch continuous market grew by +39.8% on year and registered a monthly record of 581.4 GWh. The Austrian and Danish continuous Intraday markets also saw healthy growth rates, with +33.1% and +34.0%.

More details on volumes and prices are available in the report below. Please note that volumes are calculated by using the common industry standard in electricity and exchange business (aggregated sell & buy volume divided by 2).

Members

In September, EPEX SPOT welcomed National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited, Ohm Energie SAS and pure.energy GmbH as new members to the Exchange.

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The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE and its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in 13 countries: in Central Western Europe, the United Kingdom, in Switzerland, the Nordics and in Poland. 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. Over 300 members trade electricity on EPEX SPOT. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.