European electricity prices — August 2019
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 73.9 EUR/MWh, the cheapest France at 33.4 EUR/MWh.
Finland was the 15th priciest of 39 price areas at 48.8 EUR/MWh.
The gap between the priciest and cheapest area was 40.5 EUR/MWh — a factor of 2.2.
Most negative prices in Germany: 13 hours.
Italy Sicily had 149 hours above 100 EUR/MWh.
Cheapest area
33.4 €/MWh
France
Priciest area
73.9 €/MWh
Italy Sicily
Median price area
45.0 €/MWh
39 price areas
Finland's average
48.8 €/MWh
15th priciest
August 2019 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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