Changes at intra-day

Nord Pool and the European Energy Exchange are going head-to-head in an effort to deliver intra-day trading to Germany's power market. Oliver Holtaway investigates

Two major exchanges both launched intra-day trading platforms for German regions on September 25. Nord Pool did so by extending its existing Elbas intra-day power trading system, which already serves Sweden, Finland and eastern Denmark, into Germany's Kontek bidding area. The European Energy Exchange (EEX) meanwhile, launched an all-new intra-day trading platform covering all four of Germany's bidding areas.

In the day-ahead market, traders buy and sell megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity for the

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