European electricity prices — October 2018

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 Belgium at 76.0 EUR/MWh, the cheapest Norway NO2 at 41.8 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 10th cheapest of 41 price areas at 46.4 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 34.2 EUR/MWh — a factor of 1.8.
Most negative prices in Germany: 12 hours.
Belgium had 100 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
41.8 €/MWh
Norway NO2
Priciest area
76.0 €/MWh
Belgium
Median price area
59.9 €/MWh
41 price areas
Finland's average
46.4 €/MWh
10th cheapest

October 2018 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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