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.

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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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