Tender | Hub Trading SY 2025/2026
In this tender procedure, we are providing storage capacities for the period from 1 April 2025 to 1 April 2026. We are offering 500 GWh as the "Hub Trading" product in the THE market area.
Benefit from the convenience of the hub product – you hand over your gas at the VHP Trading Hub Europe and we take care of the transportation booking to the storage facility for you. We offer various additional products, such as day-ahead capacities, to optimise storage management during the period.
The bidding phase for this storage capacity will take place on 04 November 2024 at the earliest and on 31 January 2025 at the latest from 01:00 pm to 01:30 pm CET. Allocation will take place by 02:00 pm CET.
Bids will be based on a fixed price in €/MWh/a with a maximum of 4 decimal places.
NOTE: The following conditions of participation apply to this tender procedure and all future procedures:
- Bidding is only possible in the logged-in area
- The bidder requires authorisation for online booking
- VGS carries out a credit check; if the necessary documents are not yet available, we will ask you for them
- If the credit check is negative or if a credit check is not possible due to missing documents, a security deposit must be provided in the event of a capacity surcharge.
Further information on this can also be found in the procedure description and in the registration and booking conditions.
Capacities | WGV in GWh | 500.00 |
Markt area | THE |
Service Period | 01/04/2025, 6 am - 01/04/2026, 6 am |
Transport | Booking and nomination by VGS |
Lead time for renomination | 2.25 h |
Transfer point | VHP Trading Hub Europe |
Variable fee | 1,051 €/MWh in SY25/26 |
Interruptibility | firm |
Physical storage | yes |
easystore configuration per GWh | Minimum | Standard | Maximum | |
Working Gas Volume | GWh | - | 1.00 | - |
Injection rate | MWh/h | - | 0.60 | - |
Withdrawal rate | MWh/h | - | 0.80 | - |
Injection duration | Days | - | 95 | - |
Withdrawal duration | Days | - | 69 | - |
Turnover duration | Days | - | 164 | - |
Tender | Trading ESE 2025/26 - 2026/27
In this tender procedure, we are providing storage capacities for the period from 01 April 2025 to 1 April 2027. We are offering 675 GWh as the "Trading Etzel" product in the THE market areas.
Configure this high-performance storage product to suit your needs or bid on our standard configuration with a turnover period of 100 days. We offer various additional products, such as day-ahead capacities, to optimise storage management during the period.
The contract must maintain a minimum filling level of 10% of the contracted working gas volume between 01 May 2025 and 01 March 2026 and between 01 May 2026 and 01 March 2027.
The period for the bidding phase for this storage capacity was prolonged and it will take place until 07. February 2025 at the latest from 13:00 to 13:30 CET. Allocation will take place by 14:00 CET.
Bids will be based on a fixed price in €/MWh/storage year with a maximum of 4 decimal places.
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NOTE: The following conditions of participation apply to this tender procedure and all future procedures:
- Bidding is only possible in the logged-in area
- The bidder requires authorisation for online booking
- VGS carries out a credit check; if the necessary documents are not yet available, we will ask you for them
- If the credit check is negative or if a credit check is not possible due to missing documents, a security deposit must be provided in the event of a capacity surcharge.
Further information on this can also be found in the procedure description and in the registration and booking conditions.
Capacities | WGV in GWh | 675.00 |
Markt area | THE |
Storage | Etzel |
Service Period | 01/04/2025, 6 am - 01/04/2027, 6 am |
Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer |
Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h |
Transfer point | UGS Etzel-ESE (Gasunie) |
Variable fee | 1.051 €/MWh for the storage year 2025/26 0.900 €/MWh for the storage year 2026/27 |
Interruptibility | firm |
Physical storage | yes |
easystore configuration per GWh | Minimum | Standard | Maximum | |
Working Gas Volume | GWh | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Injection rate | MWh/h | 0.60 | 0.87 | 1.10 |
Withdrawal rate | MWh/h | 0.80 | 1.10 | 1.40 |
Injection duration | Days | 81 | 60 | 50 |
Withdrawal duration | Days | 54 | 40 | 33 |
Turnover duration | Days | 135 | 100 | 83 |