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European Energy Exchange
European Energy Exchange (EEX) AG is a central European electric power and related commodities exchange located in Leipzig, Germany. It develops, operates and connects markets for energy and related products, including power derivative contracts, emission allowances, agricultural and freight products.
The EEX emerged as a result of a merger between LPX Leipzig Power Exchange and the Frankfurt-based EEX in 2002. Deutsche Börse Group's derivatives business unit Eurex acquired the majority share in the EEX in March 2011.
EEX AG is majority owned by Deutsche Börse. It holds shares in the following companies:
EEX announced in 2017 that it had reached an agreement to acquire the US-based Nodal Exchange. [2]
In 2024, the total trading of electricity on the EEX Group Power amounted to 12,372 TWh (terawatt hours), compared with 8,660 TWh in 2023. In the year 2024, a total of 880 TWh was traded on the Power Spot Markets of EPEX SPOT (2023: 724 TWh), while the Power Derivates Markets reached 11,489 TWh. In the field of natural gas, the volume traded on the EEX amounted to 7,099 TWh, a slight decline of minus 3 percent compared with the previous year (2023: 7,294 TWh). The EEX European emissions markets recorded a total volume of 1,389.9 million tonnes of CO2, reflecting an 8% year-on-year increase.
The spot market for electricity is operated by EPEX SPOT, a joint venture owned by German EEX AG and French Powernext SAS (its 100% subsidiary). Each day of the year, EPEX SPOT conducts day-ahead auctions for three market areas: Germany/Austria, France, and Switzerland. Physical delivery of power occurs the following day.
EPEX SPOT also offers an intraday market for Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. The market, which operates continuously without exceptions, can be utilized to meet short-term electricity needs or to trade excess capacity. Participants can purchase electricity up to 45 minutes before each hour for that specific hour. Trading for electricity on the following day can start from 15:00.
The ability to trade all day on the natural gas spot market was introduced in 2011. On the spot market, companies can trade natural gas on a continuous basis for the current day (within a day), one day, and two days in advance, as well as for the following weekend. Since the launch of 24/7 trading, EEX has also offered seamless trading with a minimum lot size of 1 MW (in addition to 10 MW contracts). Short-term gas quantities can be traded on the exchange for delivery in the market areas GASPOOL, NetConnect Germany (NCG), and the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF).
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European Energy Exchange
European Energy Exchange (EEX) AG is a central European electric power and related commodities exchange located in Leipzig, Germany. It develops, operates and connects markets for energy and related products, including power derivative contracts, emission allowances, agricultural and freight products.
The EEX emerged as a result of a merger between LPX Leipzig Power Exchange and the Frankfurt-based EEX in 2002. Deutsche Börse Group's derivatives business unit Eurex acquired the majority share in the EEX in March 2011.
EEX AG is majority owned by Deutsche Börse. It holds shares in the following companies:
EEX announced in 2017 that it had reached an agreement to acquire the US-based Nodal Exchange. [2]
In 2024, the total trading of electricity on the EEX Group Power amounted to 12,372 TWh (terawatt hours), compared with 8,660 TWh in 2023. In the year 2024, a total of 880 TWh was traded on the Power Spot Markets of EPEX SPOT (2023: 724 TWh), while the Power Derivates Markets reached 11,489 TWh. In the field of natural gas, the volume traded on the EEX amounted to 7,099 TWh, a slight decline of minus 3 percent compared with the previous year (2023: 7,294 TWh). The EEX European emissions markets recorded a total volume of 1,389.9 million tonnes of CO2, reflecting an 8% year-on-year increase.
The spot market for electricity is operated by EPEX SPOT, a joint venture owned by German EEX AG and French Powernext SAS (its 100% subsidiary). Each day of the year, EPEX SPOT conducts day-ahead auctions for three market areas: Germany/Austria, France, and Switzerland. Physical delivery of power occurs the following day.
EPEX SPOT also offers an intraday market for Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. The market, which operates continuously without exceptions, can be utilized to meet short-term electricity needs or to trade excess capacity. Participants can purchase electricity up to 45 minutes before each hour for that specific hour. Trading for electricity on the following day can start from 15:00.
The ability to trade all day on the natural gas spot market was introduced in 2011. On the spot market, companies can trade natural gas on a continuous basis for the current day (within a day), one day, and two days in advance, as well as for the following weekend. Since the launch of 24/7 trading, EEX has also offered seamless trading with a minimum lot size of 1 MW (in addition to 10 MW contracts). Short-term gas quantities can be traded on the exchange for delivery in the market areas GASPOOL, NetConnect Germany (NCG), and the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF).