<p><span>Key developments in May</span></p>
<h3><span>Power </span></h3>
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<li>The Power Spot markets, operated by EPEX Spot, increased by 3% in May 2021 to a total volume of 52.7 TWh (May 2020: 51.2 TWh). The Intraday markets mainly contributed to these results, registering a 27% growth to 10.6 TWh (May 2020: 8.4 TWh) and posting new records on the Austrian (416.8 GWh) and Dutch (471.6 GWh) markets.</li>
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EPEX SPOT markets hit record high in December 2020
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08/01/2021 - 9:24am
The European Power Spot markets operated by EPEX SPOT reported a new high of 55.8 TWh in ecember 2020, beating the previous volume record set in March 2019 (54.8 TWh).
The increase was driven by both the Day-Ahead (45.7 TWh) and Intraday (10.1 TWh) markets, which respectively rose by 2 per cent and 11 per cent compared to December 2019.
During the month, the Austrian, Belgian and Swiss Day-Ahead markets registered strong growth rates with +11 per cent, +17 per cent and +12 per cent respectively, while the French Intraday market registered a new monthly record with 1.1 TWh traded in December 2020.
EEX Group Press Release â Monthly Volumes December 2020 Date
Key achievements in December
Power
In December 2020, the European Power Spot markets operated by EPEX SPOT reported a new high of 55.8 TWh, beating the previous volume record set in March 2019 (54.8 TWh). The increase was driven by both the Day-Ahead (45.7 TWh) and Intraday (10.1 TWh) markets, which respectively rose by 2% and 11% compared to December 2019.
During the month, the Austrian, Belgian and Swiss Day-Ahead markets registered strong growth rates with +11%, +17% and +12% respectively, while the French Intraday market registered a new monthly record with 1.1 TWh traded in December 2020.
On the European Power Derivatives market, the total volume increased by 11% to 400.5 TWh. While the German, French, Italian, Hungarian and Spanish Power Futures contributed the largest volume in absolute terms, the Belgian, UK and Nordic Power Futures reported major growth rates with +377%, +448% and 217% against Decem