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EPEX SPOT Power Trading Results Of September 2017 - September Volumes Grow By 9.5%

Date 03/10/2017

In September 2017, a total volume of 43.7 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (September 2016: 39.9 TWh). This represents a year on year growth of 9.5%, with a 7.9% growth in Day-ahead and a 21.3% growth in Intraday trading.

Day-Ahead markets

In September 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 37,918,070 MWh (September 2016: 35,149,574 MWh). The UK Day-ahead market surpassed last month's growth rate and surged to 4,274,954 MWh, a year on year increase of 56.3%.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 54% of the time (September 2016: 26%).

Intraday markets

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 5,785,358 MWh was traded in September 2017 (September 2016: 4,771,133 MWh). A high interest in Austrian and Swiss flexibility contracts was registered: The Austrian 15-min product displayed a growth rate of 129%, traded volumes of the Swiss 15-minute product grew by 177%.
In September, cross-border trades represented 25.2% of the total continuous intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 12.5% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.

New members

In September, EPEX SPOT welcomed UK Power Reserve Limited as new member 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. The creation of a pan-European power market is what defines EPEX SPOT’s mission. 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. EPEX SPOT is part of EEX Group. For more information, please visit www.epexspot.com.

 

 

EPEX SPOT – Monthly Figures Report for September 2017

Volumes

Power Spot Volumes

Monthly volume

MWh

Monthly volume – previous year

MWh

Total

43,703,248

39,920,707

Day-Ahead

37,918,070

35,149,574

Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU

18,054,963

18,606,161

Day-Ahead FR

9,633,120

8,035,302

Day-Ahead UK total

4,274,954

2,735,075

- Day-Ahead auction

3,992,208

2,554,735

- Half-Hour 15:30 auction

282,746

180,340

Day-Ahead CH

2,077,485

1,985,642

Day-Ahead NL

2,738,291

2,180,864

Day-Ahead BE

1,139,257

1,606,530

Intraday

5,785,358

4,771,133

Intraday DE/AT total

3,828,255

3,122,102

- hourly continuous DE

2,778,281

2,258,952

- 30-min continuous DE

6,373

0*

- 15-min continuous DE

412,313

332,203

- 15-min call auction DE

448,203

418,932

- hourly continuous AT

159,493

101,711

- 15-min continuous AT

23,592

10,304

Intraday FR total

311,301

362,157

- hourly continuous FR

302,564

362,157

- 30-min continuous FR

8,737

0*

Intraday UK

1,225,207

1,038,427

Intraday CH total

192,780

135,990

- hourly continuous

181,912

132,141

- 30-min continuous

203

0*

- 15-min continuous

10,665

3,849

Intraday NL

125,138

62,549

Intraday BE

83,635

38,326

OTC Registration

19,042

11,582

*segment launched in March 2017

 

Prices and Indices

 

Price – monthly average
(Base / Peak**)

Price/MWh

Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU – PHELIX

€34.35 / €38.82

Day-Ahead FR

€36.95 / €42.70

Day-Ahead UK

£45.98 / £48.54

Day-Ahead UK Half-Hour

£45.44 / £48.21

Day-Ahead CH – SWISSIX

€37.27 / €42.93

Day-Ahead NL

€38.76 / €43.97

Day-Ahead BE

€37.18 / €43.05

European Electricity Index – ELIX***

€31.66 / €37.02

Intraday DE/AT (hourly continuous)

€33.98 / €38.33

Intraday 30-minute continuous DE

€34.20 / €38.38

Intraday 15-minute continuous DE

€33.56 / €37.62

Intraday 15-minute call auction DE

€33.92 / €39.05

Intraday FR (hourly continuous)

€37.01 / €42.45

Intraday 30-minute continuous FR

€36.93 / €42.39

Intraday CH (hourly continuous)

€36.89 / €42.26

Intraday 30-minute continuous CH

€36.90 / €42.26

Intraday NL

€38.35 / €43.40

Intraday BE

€37.69 / €42.67

** Peak excl. weekend
*** Calculated on the orders of DE/AT/LU, FR & CH under the assumption of unlimited transmission capacity between the markets

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