Leipzig, 1 November 2016. In October 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 410.1 TWh, increasing by 52% from October 2015 figure of 270.1 TWh.
The volume increase in power futures for the Germany/Austria (+57%), France (+53%) and Spain (+246%) market areas contributed to this overall volume. With almost 10 TWh, EEX achieved a new monthly record in Spanish power futures (October 2015: 2.8 TWh). In addition, with an increase in the use of power options, EEX registered a total volume of 27.2 TWh, of which 23.9 TWh were registered in Phelix options.
The October volumes comprised 213.5 TWh registered at EEX for clearing. Clearing and settlement of all transactions was executed by European Commodity Clearing (ECC).
Find our Monthly report for October 2016 attached.