Amsterdam / Bern / Brussels / Leipzig / London / Paris / Vienna, 3 November 2020.
In October 2020, a total volume of 53.2 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (October 2019: 49.0 TWh).
EPEX Day-Ahead
In October 2020, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 42,878.8GWh (October 2019: 40,478.2 GWh). French Day-Ahead trading increased by 19.0% on year and reached 10,241.0 GWh, while the German Day-Ahead grew by 5.7% and reached 17,673.5 GWh. The Norwegian Day-Ahead rose to 850.7 GWh.
EPEX Intraday
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 10,297.2GWh was traded in October 2020 (October 2019: 8,557.1 GWh). This is a new all-time high, beating the record of January 2020. The Danish Intraday market reached 118.1 GWh. The French continuous market beat its record of the previous month and reached 1,047.9 GWh. The German continuous market also recorded a new all-time high with 5,305.0 GWh traded.
900.1 GWh were traded on the Intraday auctions, covering hourly, half-hourly and 15 minute contracts, including the newly launched Intraday auctions in Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Launched on 14 October 2020, these new auctions reached a combined 26.5 GWh.
More details on volumes and prices are available in the report below.
New members
In October, EPEX SPOT welcomed E&T Consult Limited as new member of the Exchange.