Year ends with increased activity on French Day-Ahead and Austrian Intraday market

Year ends with increased activity on French Day-Ahead and Austrian Intraday market

Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Brussels / London / Paris / Vienna, 6 January 2022. In December 2021, a total volume of 56.5TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT's Day-Ahead and Intraday power markets (December 2020: 55.2 TWh). This represents a monthly record.EPEX Day-Ahead

In December 2021, power trading on the Day-Ahead markets on EPEX SPOT accounted for 45,458.8 GWh (December 2020: 45,144.1 GWh). The Danish Day-Ahead market registered a record volume of 1,187.8 GWh while the French Day-Ahead market surpassed the 12 TWh mark for the first time, reaching 12,118.3 GWh.

EPEX Intraday

On the EPEX SPOT Intraday markets, a total volume of 11,051.9 GWh was traded in December 2021 (December 2020: 10,080.5 GWh). The Austrian Intraday market reached a new trading record on both the continuous and auction segment, with a total of 426.6 GWh traded in December.

More details on volumes and prices are available in the enclosed report from page 3. Please note that volumes are calculated by using the common industry standard in electricity and exchange business (aggregated sell & buy volume divided by 2).

Members

In December, EPEX SPOT welcomed ENZEE Commodities A/S and Copenhagen Energy Trading A/S as new members of the Exchange.

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Please click on the PDF on the left to download the monthly figures report.

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT SEand its affiliates operate physical short-term electricity markets in 13 countries: in Central Western Europe, the United Kingdom, in Switzerland, the Nordics and in Poland. As part of EEX Group, a group of companies serving international commodity markets, EPEX SPOT is committed to the creation of a pan-European power market. Over 300 members trade electricity on EPEX SPOT. 49% of its equity is held by HGRT, a holding of transmission system operators. For more information, please visitwww.epexspot.com.