On the European platform trac-x transport capacity trading totalled 1,188.03 GWh/h per day (September 2008: 652.08 GWh/h per day) in September.
This includes 1.78 GWh/h (September 2008: 0.03 GWh/h) traded in the day-ahead section of trac-x, where 39 of the placed day-ahead entries were successfully sold.
At the cross-border point Bunde/Oude Statenzijl (entry) the average price for traded day-ahead capacities amounted to € 9.00 per MWh/h per day. At the cross-border point Eynatten/Raeren (entry) it amounted to an average of € 7.04 per MWh/h per day.
In the long-term section of the platform a total of 1,186.25 GWh/h per day (September 2008: 652.05 GWh/h per day) was traded in September. Altogether, twelve of the long-term entries offered on trac-x were successfully purchased. September's long-term capacities were placed on the platform with contract periods ranging from one month up to six years.
Since the platform's trading start in March 2005, the overall trading volume on trac-x has reached a total of 57,301.6 GWh/h per day. This includes 133.94 GWh/h per day from day-ahead trading.
Currently, there are 434 users from 19 countries registered on www.trac-x.de. Altogether, 61 companies are authorised to trade capacity rights on the platform. In September, one company was admitted to trade on trac-x.
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PRISMA European Capacity Platform GmbH
trac-x Transport Capacity Exchange GmbH was established in order to create a transparent and non-discriminatory platform for trading secondary natural gas transport capacity. It has operated an online trading platform for European gas transport capacity since March 2005. Registered shippers can trade secondary capacity rights across Europe and in the transmission grids of the following network operators: Dong Energy Pipelines GmbH, E.ON Gastransport GmbH, EWE NETZ GmbH, Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH, Ontras GmbH, Thyssengas GmbH and WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH & Co. KG.
In addition to long-term trading, firm day-ahead capacity rights can be traded on the platform as well. Day-ahead capacities can be traded at the European cross-border points Bunde/Oude Statenzijl, Eynatten/Raeren, Ellund, Emden EPT, Emden NPT, Bochholtz, Medelsheim, Oberkappel, Vreden and Wallbach as well as at the German interconnection points Reckrod, Bunder Tief, Lampertheim, Drohne, Emsbüren, Steinbrinck und Steinitz.
