European electricity prices — January 2018

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 Poland at 161.7 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Germany at 29.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 19th cheapest of 40 price areas at 37.1 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 132.3 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.5.
Biggest change from the previous month: France −39%.
Most negative prices in Germany: 45 hours.
Poland had 729 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
29.4 €/MWh
Germany
Priciest area
161.7 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
37.6 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
37.1 €/MWh
19th cheapest

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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