European electricity prices — Friday 17 April 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 Norway NO3 at 121.5 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 25.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 12th cheapest of 40 price areas at 88.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland's priciest hour was 7–8 (151.9 EUR/MWh) and the cheapest 14–15 (47.8 EUR/MWh).
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 95.7 EUR/MWh — a factor of 4.7.
Most negative prices in Greece: 7 hours.
Norway NO5 had 24 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
25.8 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
121.5 €/MWh
Norway NO3
Median price area
99.1 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
88.8 €/MWh
12th cheapest
Friday 17 April 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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