European electricity prices — Wednesday 18 August 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 Bulgaria at 198.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 46.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 5th cheapest of 39 price areas at 53.3 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (77.3 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 4–5 (1.7 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 152.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.3.
Italy Sud had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
46.3 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
198.3 €/MWh
Bulgaria
Median price area
78.9 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
53.3 €/MWh
5th cheapest
Wednesday 18 August 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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