The data set contains hourly net positions for the German-Luxembourg bidding zone. Four different measures are included (for a discussion see the forthcoming conference proceedings article "Where do Germany's electricity imports come from?", to be presented at the 21st International Conference on the European Energy Market Lisbon, 27-29 May 2025, Portugal. Hourly values have been retrieved also if original data was a available with higher temporal resolution. All data is in units of MW, time stamps are in UTC format.
Net position: These are the net positions in the Single Day-Ahead Market Coupling (SDAC), published by ENTSO-E as part of Implicit allocations - the net positions & congestion income [12.1.E].
Comm. Flows Dayahead: These are the net positions resulting from summing up all adjacent Scheduled Commercial Exchanges day ahead as published by ENTSO-E in Scheduled Commercial Exchanges [12.1.F]. These net positions are different from the previous "Net positions" by including also market interactions with zones not included in the SDAC, in particular Switzerland.
Comm. Flows Total: These are the net positions resulting from summing up all adjacent Scheduled Commercial Exchanges total as published by ENTSO-E in Scheduled Commercial Exchanges [12.1.F]. These net positions are different from the previous Comm. Flows Dayahead by also including transactions in the single intra-day market coupling (SIDC).
Physical Flows: These are the net positions resulting from summing up all adjacent Cross-Border Physical Flows as published by ENTSO-E in Physical Flows [12.1.G].
