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 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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