EPEX SPOT Power Trading Results Of October 2016

In October 2016, a total volume of 42,6 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (October 2015: 47,2 TWh).

Day-Ahead markets
In October 2016, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT (including APX) accounted for a total of 37,467,681 MWh (October 2015: 42,525,225 MWh).
Prices in Central Western Europe, connected within the Multiregional Coupling, converged 13% of the time (October 2015: 26%).

Intraday markets
On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets (including APX), a total volume of 5,179,046 MWh was traded in October 2016 (October 2015: 4,706,846 MWh).
In October, cross-border trades represented 19% of the total continuous Intraday volume in Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland. 15-minute contracts represented 12% of the volume traded on the German, Austrian and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.

New members
In October, EPEX SPOT welcomed Volantis Energy Ltd as new member to the exchange.