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In October 2017, a total volume of 46.6 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (October 2016: 42.6 TWh). This represents a year on year increase of 9.2%.
Day-Ahead markets
In October 2017, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 40,029,138 MWh (October 2016: 37,467,681 MWh). The German-Austrian Day-ahead market registered a 14.4% growth. The UK Day-ahead market continued its growth trend registered over the past months and reached 5,000,619 MWh. This represents a year on year growth of 78.2%, with a new monthly record for the UK half-hour auction.
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 9% of the time (October 2016: 12%).
Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 6,554,682 MWh was traded in October 2017 (October 2016: 5,180,512 MWh), which surpasses the last record registered in March 2017 by 6%.
In October, cross-border trades represented 12.9% 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 October, EPEX SPOT welcomed Nano Energies Trade s.r.o., Inercomp GmbH, ArcelorMittal Energy SCA and e-PANGO as new member to the exchange.
Please find further details on the volumes and prices below:
Volumes
|
Power Spot Volumes |
Monthly |
Monthly |
|
Total |
46,583,820 |
42,648,193 |
|
Day-Ahead |
40,029,138 |
37,467,681 |
|
Day-Ahead DE/AT/LU |
21,199,281 |
18,531,010 |
|
Day-Ahead FR |
7,611,387 |
9,199,957 |
|
Day-Ahead UK total - Day-Ahead Auction UK - Half-Hour 15:30 auction UK |
5,000,619 4,624,740 375,879 |
2,806,450 2,610,036 196,414 |
|
Day-Ahead CH |
1,956,369 |
1,955,281 |
|
Day-Ahead NL |
2,747,135 |
2,708,496 |
|
Day-Ahead BE |
1,514,347 |
2,266,487 |
|
Intraday |
6,554,682 |
5,180,512 |
|
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 |
4,290,384 3,137,191 4,225 467,230 492,003 164,122 25,613 |
3,345,340 2,504,941 0* 295,245 375,250 156,285 13,619 |
|
Intraday FR - hourly continuous FR - 30-min continuous FR |
393,043 387,764 5,279 |
382,219 382,219 0* |
|
Intraday UK |
1,479,815 |
1,106,294 |
|
Intraday CH total - hourly continuous - 30-min continuous - 15-min continuous |
153,316 150,692 294 2,330 |
195,585 193,777 0* 1,808 |
|
Intraday NL |
136,972 |
89,361 |
|
Intraday BE |
88,467 |
57,075 |
|
OTC Registration |
12,685 |
15,568 |
*segment launched in March 2017
Prices and Indices
|
|
Price – monthly average |
|
Day-Ahead DE/AT – PHELIX |
€28.25/ €39.50 |
|
Day-Ahead FR |
€49.68/ €59.89 |
|
Day-Ahead UK |
£45.70/ £49.88 |
|
Day-Ahead UK Half-Hour |
£44.72/ £48.26 |
|
Day-Ahead CH – SWISSIX |
€52.68/ €61.45 |
|
Day-Ahead NL |
€39.87/ €45.82 |
|
Day-Ahead BE |
€48.99/ €62.86 |
|
European Electricity Index – ELIX*** |
€33.91/ €44.33 |
|
Intraday DE/AT (hourly continuous) |
€28.97/ €38.69 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous DE |
€29.16/ €38.53 |
|
Intraday 15-minute continuous DE |
€29.10/ €38.22 |
|
Intraday 15-minute call auction DE |
€28.27/ €39.49 |
|
Intraday FR (hourly continuous) |
€49.44/ €60.02 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous FR |
€49.22/ €59.64 |
|
Intraday CH (hourly continuous) |
€51.58/ €61.58 |
|
Intraday 30-minute continuous CH |
€51.59/ €61.59 |
|
Intraday NL |
€41.62/ €49.38 |
|
Intraday BE |
€51.28/ €67.71 |
** Peak excl. weekend
*** calculated on the orders of DE/AT/LU, FR & CH under the assumption of unlimited transmission capacity between the markets
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.
