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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 5,746,247 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 20.8% 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.
Please find further details on the volumes and prices below:
Volumes
| Power Spot Volumes | Monthly volume MWh | Monthly volume – previous year MWh |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 45,522,019 | 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 - Day-Ahead Auction UK - Half-Hour 15:30 auction UK |
3,800,283 3,534,991 265,292 |
2,841,192 2,645,063 196,129 |
| 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 | 5,746,248 | 5,027,789 |
|
Intraday DE/AT total - hourly continuous DE - 30-min continuous DE - 15-min continuous - 15-min call auction DE - hourly continuous AT - 15-min continuous AT |
3,952,915 2,952,500 5,014 375,783 403,424 197,272 18,922 |
3,297,285 2,388,609 0* 311,991 412,639 172,590 11,456 |
|
Intraday FR - hourly continuous FR - 30-min continuous FR |
299,163 293,418 5,745 |
351,942 351,942 0* |
| Continuous UK | 1,146,553 | 1,089,687 |
| Intraday NL | 111,022 | 69,838 |
| Intraday BE | 74,600 | 44,259 |
|
Intraday CH total - hourly continuous - 30-min continuous - 15-min continuous |
154,226 148,814 159 5,253 |
165,213 158,159 0* 7,053 |
| OTC Registration | 8,019 | 9,565 |
*segment launched in March 2017
Prices and Indices
| Price – monthly average (Base / Peak**) Price/MWh |
|
|---|---|
| Day-Ahead DE/AT – 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
