European electricity prices — 2018
Annual review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous year.
The priciest area was Poland at 222.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Austria at 41.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th cheapest of 40 price areas at 46.8 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 180.9 EUR/MWh — a factor of 5.3.
Biggest change from the previous year: Norway NO4 +70%.
Most negative prices in Austria: 108 hours.
Poland had 8705 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
41.7 €/MWh
Austria
Priciest area
222.6 €/MWh
Poland
Median price area
51.0 €/MWh
40 price areas
Finland's average
46.8 €/MWh
15th 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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