Turkish Power Market Monthly Report (June 2012) - Hydropower ...

Figure 7 provides a comparision of price bands within weekdays. Prices below 3US c/kWh were recorded on almost all weekdays, however an insignificant amount ofthe time. Prices between 3-6 USc/kWh occurred on all weekdays and had a minor shareof total volume, as did prices below 3 US c/kWh. Prices between 6-9 US c/kWh andprices above 9 Us c/kWh were the mainstay of the market, occuring around 50% of thetime.Figure 7. Price Range Breakdown by Weekdays, June 2012Sun 14.58% 16.67%Sat 2.50% 15.00%50.00%Fri 11.67%47.50%Thu 9.38%41.67%Wed 2.08% 9.38%41.67%Tue 12.50%41.67%Mon 14.58% 10.42%41.67%0%20%40%54.17%60%14.58%32.50%40.83%48.96%46.88%45.83%33.33%80%100%0 to 3 US c/kWh 3 to 6 US c/kWh 6 to 9 US c/kWh More than 9 US c/kWh4.3. DAM Volume Data AnalysisFigure 8 illustrates daily production in the entire Turkish power market and the share ofthe DAM. As can be seen, system loads are significantly lower during weekends inTurkey. However, trading volumes in the DAM did not follow this trend in June 2012.This explains why the dashed line on the graph is acyclic to the system load, therebyindicating an increasing share of trading volume as a portion of total system load duringweekends.11 | P a g e