Intraday markets On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 3,746,063 MWh was traded in May 2015 (May 2014: 2,616,964 MWh). The German Intraday market reached a new all-time high, thanks to a rising share of 15-minute contracts.
Intraday volumes
Areas | Monthly volumes
MWh | Monthly volumes – previous year MWh |
DE/AT |
3,006,915 |
2,280,738 |
DE 15-min auction |
348,297 |
0* |
FR |
265,642 |
253,597 |
CH |
125,209 |
82,629 |
*Segment launched in December 2014
In May, cross-border trades represented 19.5% of the total continuous Intraday volume. The volume in continuously traded 15-minute contracts reached 378,291 MWh. In May, they represented 12.3% of the volume traded on the German and Swiss continuous Intraday markets.
The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SE operates the power spot markets for Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland. EPEX SPOT also provides market operation services for the Hungarian Power Exchange HUPX and coupling services for 4M Market Coupling on behalf of the Slovakian, Hungarian and Romanian Power Exchanges. Since 4 May 2015, EPEX SPOT has become 100% owner of APX Group including Belpex. APX operates the power spot markets for the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Belgium. EPEX SPOT is a European company (Societas Europaea) based in Paris with branches in Leipzig, Vienna and Bern, as well as offices in Amsterdam, London and Brussels. 275 companies are active on EPEX SPOT and APX. 382 TWh were traded on EPEX SPOTs markets in 2014, and 92 TWh on APX.
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