The trade volume of Turkey's day-ahead spot electricity market increased by 136.2% in April compared to the same month of 2020, according to data provided by Turkey's Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST).
The trade volume in the day-ahead spot electricity market, which began operations in 2015, registered at about 5.23 billion Turkish liras as of April this year, compared to around 2.21 billion liras in April last year.
EXIST reported transactions in the day-ahead market in April of around 16.6 million megawatt-hours.
The highest daily trade volume was recorded on April 29 with 249.8 million liras, while the lowest occurred on April 4 with 110.9 million liras.
The average electricity rate for one megawatt-hour in the day-ahead spot market in April was 312.15 liras.
Turkey's energy exchange company, responsible for operating energy trade, including power and gas commodities, provides counter-party guarantees in its transactions.
US$1 equals 8.29 Turkish liras at 0753 GMT on Friday.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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