Carbon and gas boom at EEX, power flat
The European Energy Exchange’s power derivatives market recorded a volume of 64.5 TWh in August, a slight decrease from the 66.0 TWh traded in August last year.
In the framework of their cooperation, the European Energy Exchange and the French Powernext exchange integrated their Power Spot and Derivatives Markets in 2009.
The total includes 2.1 TWh from trading in French power futures and 33.6 TWh from OTC clearing. On August 31, the open interest amounted to 580.5 TWh.
On the Power Derivatives Market, the base load for 2011 was quoted at €51.10 a MWh in Germany and at €54.01 a MWh in France. The peak load price for next year amounted to €64.99 in Germany and €70.00 in France.
In natural gas derivatives (Gaspool and NCG market areas) trading amounted to 1.176...