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The price of electricity today
The day-ahead auction result, in Bucharest time.
Grid snapshot
Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.
live data · as of 05/11/2026, 16:33:48
Physical cross-border flows
Electricity measured crossing every border in October 2026, valued at this zone's day-ahead price.
| Border with | Out, MWh | at €/MWh | In, MWh | at €/MWh | Difference € |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 102,198 | 195.64 | 567,870 | 267.57 | −131,949,469 |
| Hungary | 39,998 | 146.44 | 251,009 | 246.00 | −55,891,766 |
| Ukraine | 2,999 | 124.02 | 256,469 | 238.48 | −60,791,752 |
| Moldova | 222,657 | 262.89 | 19,588 | 206.04 | 54,499,451 |
| Serbia | 93,539 | 174.59 | 39,346 | 271.83 | 5,635,458 |
Bulgaria
Hungary
Ukraine
Moldova
Serbia188,498,079 € for 672,891 MWh that stayed in the country works out at 280.13 € per megawatt-hour, in a month that averaged 239.21.
The first line is energy the country needed and got. The other two — 27,534,842 € together — come not from how much moved but from when: cheap hours to sell in, expensive hours to buy in. That is the price of a timing mismatch, not a loss.
Physical cross-border flows and commercial electricity trades measure different phenomena. ANRE data is shown as an independent official benchmark and should not be interpreted as an exact reconciliation.
Not an invoice. Cross-border electricity is not sold country to country: the markets are coupled and the physical flow is the outcome of a shared auction. These figures value the measured flow at this zone's own day-ahead price, so both directions can be compared on the same scale.
Flows are measured, quarter-hour by quarter-hour; hourly borders are spread across the four quarters they cover, so every megawatt-hour meets the price that was actually in force. Energy entering the country is not the same as energy consumed here — some of it passes through.
Who we sold energy to
Who we sold energy to when they needed it — last 30 days
data for the last 30 days · 30 days covered
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Moldova 240.27 GWh
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Bulgaria 127.67 GWh
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Serbia 60.99 GWh
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Hungary 14.51 GWh
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Ukraine 1.11 GWh
What we sent our neighbours, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.
Who we bought energy from
Who sold us energy when we needed it — last 30 days
data for the last 30 days · 30 days covered
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Bulgaria 455.78 GWh
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Ukraine 276.75 GWh
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Hungary 273.39 GWh
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Serbia 44.84 GWh
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Moldova 20.05 GWh
What our neighbours sent us, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.
Source shares
Every source, with its share and the emission factor used in the carbon estimate.
live data · as of 05/11/2026, 16:33:48
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Natural gas 37% 1,606MW
- Renewable
- no
- Emission factor
- 490 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 181.3 g/kWh
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Hydro reservoir 22% 952MW
- Renewable
- yes
- Emission factor
- 24 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 5.3 g/kWh
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Run-of-river hydro 16% 700MW
- Renewable
- yes
- Emission factor
- 24 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 3.9 g/kWh
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Hard coal 14% 603MW
- Renewable
- no
- Emission factor
- 820 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 113.9 g/kWh
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Onshore wind 6% 260MW
- Renewable
- yes
- Emission factor
- 11 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 0.7 g/kWh
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Solar 3% 112MW
- Renewable
- yes
- Emission factor
- 45 g CO₂eq/kWh
- Adds to the national average
- 1.2 g/kWh
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Biomass 2% 70MW
- Renewable
- yes
- Emission factor
- 230 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
- Adds to the national average
- 3.7 g/kWh
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Other sources 1% 37MW
- Renewable
- no
- Emission factor
- 490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
- Adds to the national average
- 4.2 g/kWh
- Hydro reservoir952 MW
- Run-of-river hydro700 MW
- Onshore wind260 MW
- Solar112 MW
- Biomass70 MW
The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 5 November at 14:33. The border, the 460 400 kV routes and the 38 substations are the real ones. The plants marked are the system's large landmarks, not the full list.
The price right now, across Europe
The interval in progress, live data from right now, in every bidding zone we have a price for.
live data · as of 05/11/2026, 16:30:00
Romania is 3 of 46, counting from the dearest. Exactly as dear as in 2 other zones. Average across zones: 286 EUR/MWh.
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1
PL
482EUR/MWh
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2
SK
408EUR/MWh
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3
RO
393EUR/MWh
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3
AL
393EUR/MWh
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3
XK
393EUR/MWh
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6
BG
392EUR/MWh
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6
HU
392EUR/MWh
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8
ME
386EUR/MWh
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9
RS
375EUR/MWh
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9
HR
375EUR/MWh
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11
MK
374EUR/MWh
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12
CZ
370EUR/MWh
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13
SI
369EUR/MWh
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13
IE
369EUR/MWh
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13
GR
369EUR/MWh
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16
DK (DK2)
361EUR/MWh
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16
AT
361EUR/MWh
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18
SE (SE4)
348EUR/MWh
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19
FR
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (CALABRIA)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (CENTRE_NORTH)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (CENTRE_SOUTH)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (NORTH)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (SARDINIA)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (SICILY)
307EUR/MWh
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19
IT (SOUTH)
307EUR/MWh
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27
CH
303EUR/MWh
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27
DK (DK1)
303EUR/MWh
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29
BE
302EUR/MWh
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30
NL
300EUR/MWh
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31
DE and LU
295EUR/MWh
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32
EE
268EUR/MWh
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32
LT
268EUR/MWh
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32
LV
268EUR/MWh
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35
ES
233EUR/MWh
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36
NO (NO2)
223EUR/MWh
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37
NO (NO5)
207EUR/MWh
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38
NO (NO1)
204EUR/MWh
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39
SE (SE3)
192EUR/MWh
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40
PT
190EUR/MWh
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41
NO (NO3)
96EUR/MWh
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42
TR
72EUR/MWh
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43
NO (NO4)
17EUR/MWh
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44
SE (SE1)
11EUR/MWh
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44
FI
11EUR/MWh
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46
SE (SE2)
2EUR/MWh
Wholesale prices for the interval covering this moment, bidding zone by bidding zone — countries with several zones appear once per zone, with its code in brackets. The average is arithmetic across zones, not weighted by demand: a small zone counts as much as a large one. The figures exclude network tariffs, excise duty and VAT.
What balancing cost, in the last 24 hours
Generation and consumption never match perfectly. The operator covers the difference through the balancing market, and that energy has a price of its own. The bars show the cost of balancing in each 15-minute interval.
data for the last 24 h · up to 05/11/2026, 16:00:00
-798,425 lei was paid for 3,782.3 MWh of balancing energy, that is -211 lei/MWh on average. The most expensive interval: 16:00, 133,678 lei.
94 of 96 intervals have a published price. Prices are those reported by Transelectrica for each interval; the final ones are set at monthly settlement and may differ.
Positive imbalance = the system had energy to spare (surplus); negative = it was short (deficit). The cost is the imbalance price times the volume; in surplus the money flows the other way, so the bar is negative. A negative price is real: then whoever had spare energy paid to get rid of it.
Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, articles 17.1.G (imbalance prices) and 17.1.H (imbalance volumes), as reported by Transelectrica.
Who consumes: the base, the work rhythm, the day
An estimate from the shape of the consumption curve, not a measurement by customer category — that is not published in real time. Three parts: what never stops, what runs in shifts on working days, what switches on during the day.
archive up to 05/11/2026, 14:00:00
Over the last seven days consumption averaged 6,401 MW and ranged between 4,779 and 8,079 MW.
How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 8 Sunday mornings (4,542 MW) and over 32 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (5,155 MW), across the last 8 weeks; the average over the last seven days. The parts are cut from one another in order and add up exactly to the average.
The parts are shapes of the curve, not customer categories: the base holds every household's fridge as well as a plant that never stops; the day holds single-shift factories too. “Industrial” and “household” would be words these data cannot defend.
The operator's consumption forecast
How much the country is expected to consume, hour by hour, according to the forecast the transmission operator publishes for today and tomorrow. The line is the forecast; the bars, consumption measured so far.
forecast issued 05/11/2026, 15:21:32 · ENTSO-E
The forecast is the transmission operator's, published on its own platform — not a model of ours. It is revised during the day; for each hour the latest issue is shown. The running hour, in the bars, only shows what has accumulated so far.
Live flows on interconnector lines
The flow measured right now on each physical border line, from the operational feed.
live data · as of 05/11/2026, 16:33:48
Bulgariaimporting 1,649 MW Hungaryimporting 726 MW Ukraineimporting 650 MW Moldovaexporting 505 MW Serbiaimporting 393 MW3,203 MW out now
| Unit | Lost | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NPP CernavodaNuclear · CNE__U1_RET_CA | 650 MW | 28 Jul – 6 Nov | maintenance |
| NPP CernavodaNuclear · CNE__U2_RET_CA | 650 MW | 13 Aug – 8 Nov | maintenance |
| NPP CernavodaNuclear · CNE__U1_RET_CA | 610 MW | 6 Nov – 7 Nov | announced |
| TPP RovinariLignite | 286 MW | 20 Oct – 15 Nov | forced |
| HPP VidraruHydro reservoir | 219 MW | 17 Dec – 14 Jan | forced |
| HPP Portile de Fier IRun-of-river hydro | 194 MW | 1 Nov – 3 Dec | forced |
| HPP Portile de Fier IRun-of-river hydro · ChePortileDeFier_PFIERI3_CA | 194 MW | 15 Jul – 12 Nov | forced |
| HPP Portile de Fier IRun-of-river hydro | 194 MW | 1 Sept – 26 Mar | forced |
| HPP Portile de Fier IRun-of-river hydro | 194 MW | 1 Nov – 2 Dec | forced |
| TPP IernutNatural gas · Iernut_IERN5_CA | 188 MW | 2 Nov – 15 Nov | maintenance |
and 8 more
How much prosumers produce right now
Estimated output for this hour, next to installed capacity and next to the country's measured consumption.
estimate for 05/11/2026, 16:33:48
Inferred, not measured. Utility-scale solar farms do report, so we know their capacity factor right now — 3.3%, meaning 112 MW produced from 3,395 MW installed. The same sun falls on the whole country, so we apply that factor to the prosumers' installed capacity. The margin is tens of percent: a roof does not have a solar farm's tilt, and shading and snow are not in the calculation.
Today's storage, hour by hour
Deduced, not read from a key: the generation the feed includes in its total without itemising — by its behaviour, battery discharge. The bar is the hour's average, the dotted line the hour's peak power.
live data · as of 05/11/2026, 16:33:48
The Transelectrica feed has no storage key. The figure is the difference between the published total and the named sources: constant at night, near zero by day — the behaviour of a discharging battery. It is a deduction labelled as such, not a measurement.
How we estimated 314 g CO₂/kWh
This is an estimate, not a measurement. There is no official carbon-intensity measurement for this country, so we compute it from the production mix.
Σ(source generation × source factor) / Σ(generation), over positive values, with life-cycle factors.
The factors are life-cycle values — they include construction and fuel, not just combustion. That is why solar, wind and nuclear are not zero. Source: IPCC AR5 WG3, Anexa III, Tabelul A.III.2 (mediane), version 1.
| Source | MW | g/kWh |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 1,606 | 490 |
| Hydro reservoir | 952 | 24 |
| Run-of-river hydro | 700 | 24 |
| Hard coal | 603 | 820 |
| Onshore wind | 260 | 11 |
| Solar | 112 | 45 |
| Biomass | 70 | 230 |
| Other sources | 37 | 490 |
Energy news
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Market
Spot electricity in Romania rose 38% in October to 1,265.96 lei/MWh, according to OPCOM
The weighted average price on the Day-Ahead Market rose in October 2026 to 1,265.96 lei/MWh, from 917.36 lei/MWh in September, according to data published by OPCOM. The jump comes after Eurostat ranked Romania first in the EU for the rise in household electricity prices in the first half of the year.
5 Nov 2026
RenewablesOwner of Mega Image and Profi contracts 370 GWh a year from the Dama Solar and Dunărea East parks for ten years5 Nov 2026
SolarSolar panels on apartment-block balconies: two bills filed in the Senate propose kits of up to 800 VA5 Nov 2026
NuclearCernavodă: Nuclearelectrica has begun restarting Unit 1, with grid reconnection expected on 6 November5 Nov 2026
| Source | Capacity (MW) | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Hydro reservoir | 3,404+52 | 19.0% |
| Onshore wind | 3,068+41 | 17.2% |
| Solar | 2,788+1,200 | 15.6% |
| Run-of-river hydro | 2,780 | 15.6% |
| Natural gas | 2,275+96 | 12.7% |
| Lignite | 1,557−470 | 8.7% |
| Nuclear | 1,300 | 7.3% |
| Other sources | 493+356 | 2.8% |
| Biomass | 119 | 0.7% |
| Hard coal | 90−45 | 0.5% |
How the renewable share is computed
Σ(renewable sources, positive values only) / Σ(all sources, positive only).
Numerator: Hydro reservoir, Run-of-river hydro, Onshore wind, Solar, Biomass.
Denominator: 4,340 MW.
Pumped-storage hydro and waste are not counted as renewable — the first would double-count energy, the second is partly fossil and its biogenic fraction cannot honestly be separated.
Consumption — 24 hours
288 points, PT5M resolution. Long ranges are served from precomputed aggregates — a one-year chart from per-minute data would push hundreds of thousands of points into the browser for nothing. Our archive starts at 2015-01-04 22:00 UTC.
By source
Each source has its own page, with history and context:
Solar power · Wind power · Hydropower · Nuclear power · Power from natural gas · Power from coal · Power from biomass
Romania's electricity system
Romania has one of the most balanced generation mixes in Europe: hydro, nuclear, gas, coal, wind and solar each contribute comparable shares, with no single source dominating. That balance shows directly in the mix chart above — and it is why the Romanian system rides out price crises more smoothly than neighbours that depend on a single source.
Its backbone is formed by the hydropower plants on the Danube and on inland rivers, largely operated by Hidroelectrica, and by the two nuclear units at Cernavodă, which together produce around 1,300 MW almost without interruption. On top of them come the wind farms of Dobrogea — among the largest in south-eastern Europe — and fast-growing solar.
Romania and its neighbours
The Romanian grid is connected to Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. The direction of the exchanges changes from hour to hour: on a day of strong wind in Dobrogea, Romania exports; on a windless winter evening, it imports. The flow table above shows the state right now, border by border.
The link with the Republic of Moldova has a story of its own: since 2022 the Moldovan system has been synchronised with the European one through Romania, and Romanian exports have become an important part of the neighbour's consumption.
Where the data comes from
The figures on this page come from the operational feed of Transelectrica, Romania's transmission and system operator, read every minute. They are raw SCADA measurements — not validated for settlement, but exactly what the national dispatcher sees.
When a value is missing, we show “—”, not zero: zero is a real measurement (solar really does produce zero at night); a missing value is something else. The full methodology, including how we estimate carbon intensity, is on the methodology page.
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