trac-x Trading Results in March
Published April 7th, 2009
Leipzig, 6 April 2009 – Day-Ahead trading of natural gas transport capacities on trac-x has reached a new record level in March. With a volume of 36,585 MWh/h the highest amount for any month so far since the launch of day-ahead trading in May 2008 was sold in March. Compared to the previous month, the platform experienced an increase in traded day-ahead capacities of about 80 per cent.
Overall, 935 out of 1,474 (68,100 MWh/h) day-ahead auctions offered on the platform were successfully sold. At the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (entry) the average price for auctioned day-ahead capacities amounted to € 10.67 per MWh/h and for day-ahead capacities at Eynatten/Raeren (entry) it amounted to an average of € 6.75 per MWh/h. Moreover, day-ahead capacities at the network point Emden EPT (entry) were offered and sold on www.trac-x.de for the first time in March as well. Day-ahead capacities at Emden EPT were traded for an overage price of € 10.00 per MWh/h.
In the long-term section of the platform a total of 4,717 MWh/h were traded on the platform in March.
Altogether, 20 of the 50 long-term procedures that expired on the platform in March were successfully purchased.
Since the platform’s trading start in March 2005, the overall trading volume on trac-x has reached 116,081 MWh/h. This includes 103,604 MWh/h from day-ahead trading.
