AUCTION

SCHEDULES

LONG TERM AUCTIONS

Here you can find the auction schedule for our upcoming Long Term auctions, including Annual, Quarterly, Monthly and Weekly auctions.

All times are in CE(S)T.

Auction ID	Auction name	Bidding opens	Bidding closes	Auction Type	Delivery from	Delivery to	Border direction	Offered Cap. (MW)
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SHORT TERM AUCTIONS

Here you can find the auction schedule for our Short Term auctions, including Day Ahead, Intraday and Buy Now auctions.

Use the buttons below to filter the complete short term auction schedule by auction type.

View the Nominations Overview page to find a summary of the auction times, the corresponding nomination gate times and the respective delivery period.

All times are in CE(S)T.

Auction Type	Auction Opening Time (CET)		Auction Closing Time (CET)
Day Ahead	D-1	8:50	D-1	09:10
Intraday 1	D-1	19:30	D-1	20:00
Intraday 2	D	5:50	D	6:20
Intraday 3	D	9:50	D	10:20
Intraday 4	D	13:50	D	14:20
Buy Now Intraday 1	D-1	19:00	1	D-1 22:45
			2	D-1 23:45
			3	D 00:45
			4	D 01:45
			5	D 02:45
			6	D 03:45
			7	D 04:45
			8	D 05:45
Buy Now Intraday 2	D	5:20
			9	06:45
			10	07:45
			11	08:45
			12	09:45
Buy Now Intraday 3	D	9:20
			13	10:45
			14	11:45
			15	12:45
			16	13:45
Buy Now Intraday 4	D	9:20
			17	14:45
			18	15:45
			19	16:45
			20	17:45
			21	18:45
			22	19:45
			23	20:45
			24	21:45

Planned Outages

During the year, BritNed takes planned outages to carry out essential maintenance activities. During these periods, capacity will not be offered. Any auctions listed above that have a product period which overlaps the planned outage will include a reduction period in the capacity offered.

Start (CET/CEST)	Finish (CET/CEST)	Capacity (M/W)
11 May 2026 06:00	15 May 2026 23:00	0
06 September 2026 06:00	19 September 2026 23:00	0
05 October 2027 05:00	13 October 2027 18:00	0

Find all outages on the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform or the Nord Pool UMM Platform.

2026 Provisional Auction Schedule

Please note this is a provisional calendar for 2026. Auctions maybe be subject to date change and / or cancellations. Please check Empire for confirmation of auction dates and timings.