European electricity prices — 2017

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

Month Year
The priciest area was Romania at 219.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 25.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 12th cheapest of 39 price areas at 33.2 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 193.8 EUR/MWh — a factor of 8.5.
Biggest change from the previous year: Poland +271%.
Most negative prices in Germany: 144 hours.
Romania had 7819 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
25.7 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
219.6 €/MWh
Romania
Median price area
41.0 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
33.2 €/MWh
12th cheapest

The year's average price on the map

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

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