European electricity prices — May 2017
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 56.3 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO4 at 25.7 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th cheapest of 39 price areas at 30.7 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 30.6 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.2.
Most negative prices in Germany: 16 hours.
Lithuania had 2 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
25.7 €/MWh
Norway NO4
Priciest area
56.3 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
34.2 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
30.7 €/MWh
15th cheapest
May 2017 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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