Power volume traded on Alpex DAM at 152 GWh in March

Of the total, 82.1 GWh of electricity was traded for the Albania bidding zone, and 69.4 GWh for the Kosovo bidding zone, both with an average market clearing price of 71.75 euro ($77.81) per megawatt hour, Alpex said in a monthly report.

Energy flow from the Albanian bidding zone towards the bidding zone of Kosovo reached 1.75 GWh, whereas Kosovo exchange members delivered 21.2 GWh to their Albanian peers.

Alpex, founded by Albania’s power transmission operator OST and Kosovo’s KOSTT in October 2020, has a total of 23 members in the bidding zones of Albania and Kosovo. Trading in the Albanian zone began on April 2023.

Its first auction in the Kosovo bidding zone, which also kicked off trade in the inter-zone exchange, was held on January 31, for the electricity delivered on February 1.

($=0.917 euro)