European electricity prices — August 2016
Monthly review: day-ahead average price by price area, price spikes and negative hours, and the change from the previous month. Prices are wholesale market prices, excluding tax.
The priciest area was Italy Sicily at 55.6 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO1 at 21.6 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 17th priciest of 38 price areas at 31.4 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 34.0 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.6.
Most negative prices in Switzerland: 1 hours.
Italy Sicily had 3 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
21.6 €/MWh
Norway NO1
Priciest area
55.6 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
30.7 €/MWh
38 price areas
Finland's average
31.4 €/MWh
17th priciest
August 2016 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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