Week 2026-W18

The electricity market, 2026-04-27 — 2026-05-03

Each zone's average over the completed week, weighted by interval duration. Comparisons are made only where the previous week was complete too.

Average across zones
71.82€/MWh
arithmetic, not weighted by demand
Cheapest
12.45€/MWh
FR
Dearest
168.80€/MWh
SEM
Spread
156.35€/MWh
between Europe's extremes
Zones
45
with a complete week

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The 5 cheapest

Zone€/MWh
FR 12.45
SE1 18.13
SE2 19.15
NO4 21.18
FI 31.14

The 5 dearest

Zone€/MWh
SEM 168.80
IT-CENTRE_NORTH 109.00
IT-NORTH 108.87
IT-SOUTH 107.75
IT-SICILY 107.75

Largest falls

Zone€/MWhvs last week
CH 59.42 ↓ −11,2%
ME 72.61 ↓ −8,2%
NO3 66.28 ↓ −7,3%
BE 59.22 ↓ −7,3%
MK 69.35 ↓ −5,6%

Largest rises

Zone€/MWhvs last week
NO4 21.18 ↑ +167,1%
FR 12.45 ↑ +63,5%
SE1 18.13 ↑ +58,8%
SE2 19.15 ↑ +54,1%
LV 47.64 ↑ +32,1%

All zones

ZoneCountryAverage €/MWh MinMax vs last week
FR France 12.45 -498.65 107.84 ↑ +63,5%
SE1 Sweden 18.13 -2.15 109.06 ↑ +58,8%
SE2 Sweden 19.15 -2.92 108.78 ↑ +54,1%
NO4 Norway 21.18 0.71 108.78 ↑ +167,1%
FI Finland 31.14 -2.26 136.23 ↑ +28,3%
EE Estonia 40.23 -2.27 181.91 ↑ +26,6%
SE3 Sweden 45.83 -4.85 173.79 ↑ +29,8%
LT Lithuania 47.61 -5.00 224.15 ↑ +32,0%
LV Latvia 47.64 -4.84 224.15 ↑ +32,1%
SE4 Sweden 51.86 -5.79 188.68 ↑ +18,5%
ES Spain 56.01 -8.00 120.05 ↑ +5,6%
PT Portugal 56.34 -2.10 125.54 ↑ +11,3%
BE Belgium 59.22 -499.29 252.60 ↓ −7,3%
CH Switzerland 59.42 -463.68 144.01 ↓ −11,2%
DE_LU Germany and Luxembourg 62.59 -499.99 251.09 ↑ +4,7%
CZ Czechia 64.60 -500.00 253.22 ↑ +4,9%
NL Netherlands 64.75 -499.62 253.08 ↓ −3,9%
SK Slovakia 65.45 -500.00 253.93 ↑ +9,2%
NO3 Norway 66.28 25.19 180.23 ↓ −7,3%
AT Austria 68.87 -498.65 255.06 ↑ +4,6%
MK North Macedonia 69.35 0.10 194.08 ↓ −5,6%
PL Poland 69.76 -490.00 253.00 ↑ +7,7%
AL Albania 72.16 0.00 178.00 ↑ +2,4%
ME Montenegro 72.61 0.00 165.00 ↓ −8,2%
GR Greece 74.68 -10.25 223.89 ↓ −4,9%
CAKOSTT Kosovo 75.67 0.00 240.00 ↑ +7,4%
SI Slovenia 76.02 -485.77 256.20 ↑ +9,8%
HU Hungary 77.73 -500.00 411.67 ↓ −3,2%
BG Bulgaria 77.95 -10.25 223.89 ↓ −4,6%
HR Croatia 78.68 -385.75 276.38 ↑ +7,9%
DK1 Denmark 79.03 -26.77 251.09 ↑ +9,2%
DK2 Denmark 79.92 -6.08 251.09 ↑ +30,6%
NO2 Norway 85.17 -4.77 217.03 ↑ +3,6%
NO1 Norway 86.13 2.90 174.47 ↑ +0,3%
RS Serbia 86.16 0.00 215.02 ↑ +7,1%
RO Romania 87.43 -10.25 353.30 ↑ +0,6%
NO5 Norway 99.16 55.22 176.82 ↑ +1,2%
IT-SARDINIA Italy 107.73 0.00 190.25 ↑ +4,5%
IT-CALABRIA Italy 107.75 0.00 190.25 ↑ +5,1%
IT-CENTRE_SOUTH Italy 107.75 0.00 190.25 ↑ +4,5%
IT-SICILY Italy 107.75 0.00 190.25 ↑ +5,0%
IT-SOUTH Italy 107.75 0.00 190.25 ↑ +5,1%
IT-NORTH Italy 108.87 0.00 190.25 ↓ −3,0%
IT-CENTRE_NORTH Italy 109.00 0.00 190.25 ↓ −2,9%
SEM Ireland 168.80 54.79 265.73 ↑ +12,6%

The change is missing where the previous week was not complete. A five-day week compared with a seven-day one would show a fall that never happened.

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