European electricity prices — May 2016

Monthly review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous month.

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The priciest area was Romania at 120.8 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 22.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th priciest of 38 price areas at 28.1 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 98.4 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.4.
Most negative prices in Austria: 21 hours.
Romania had 479 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
22.4 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
120.8 €/MWh
Romania
Median price area
25.8 €/MWh
38 price areas
Finland's average
28.1 €/MWh
15th priciest

The month's average price on the map

The month's average price in every price area (EUR/MWh, excluding VAT). Click an area to see its price.

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