European electricity prices — Wednesday 18 May 2016
Daily review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous day. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.
The priciest area was Romania at 144.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 23.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 19th priciest of 38 price areas at 31.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (48.3 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 3–4 (22.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 121.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 6.2.
Romania had 23 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
23.1 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
144.5 €/MWh
Romania
Median price area
31.8 €/MWh
38 price areas
Finland's average
31.8 €/MWh
19th priciest
Wednesday 18 May 2016 average price on the map
The day's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). The day runs on Central European Time (CET).
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