Spot gas ES – 09/02/2021
Spanish spot gas prices go up pushed by higher European prices. Demand remains at low levels due to scarce CCGTs’ utilisation caused by high wind production.
Volume traded in DA contracts for delivery on the 9th amounts to 58 GWh. Total spot volumes traded on MIBGAS for delivery on the 8th amounted to 123 GWh.
Spanish DA reference price for the 9th moves up to 18.93 €/MWh (+0.93 €/MWh) with respect to previous day. Intraday auction price for the 9th increases to 18.90 €/MWh (+0.10 €/MWh).
Demand forecast for the 9th decreases to 1,049 GWh (-28 GWh) with respect to previous day. Conventional demand goes up to 1,001 GWh (+2 GWh) but power sector demand falls to 48 GWh (-30 GWh).
On the 8th, LNG inflows were 46.4% of total supply. There were no inflows from France.
On the European gas markets: TTF end of day price for the 9th increases to 20.73 €/MWh (+2.29 €/MWh) and PEG price moves up to 20.42 €/MWh (+2.20 €/MWh).