European electricity prices — Tuesday 18 May 2021
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 287.4 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 29.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 10th cheapest of 39 price areas at 61.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 19–20 (110.3 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 2–3 (22.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 257.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 9.7.
Romania had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
29.6 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
287.4 €/MWh
Romania
Median price area
74.2 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
61.6 €/MWh
10th cheapest
Tuesday 18 May 2021 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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