European electricity prices — Wednesday 18 February 2026
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 Denmark DK2 at 158.0 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Portugal at 5.1 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 11th priciest of 40 price areas at 129.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 8–9 (197.5 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 0–1 (55.4 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 152.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 30.9.
Biggest change from the previous day: Norway NO4 +141 %.
Most negative prices in Greece: 6 hours.
Cheapest area
5.1 €/MWh
Portugal
Priciest area
158.0 €/MWh
Denmark DK2
Median price area
114.9 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
129.6 €/MWh
11th priciest
Wednesday 18 February 2026 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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