European electricity prices — Thursday 12 May 2022
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 Italy Sicily at 321.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 9.9 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 7th cheapest of 39 price areas at 104.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 20–21 (165.0 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (35.3 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 311.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 32.6.
Czechia had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
No area saw a negative price.
Cheapest area
9.9 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
321.7 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
175.7 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
104.8 €/MWh
7th cheapest
Thursday 12 May 2022 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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