Negative-price tracker · DE-LU

Negative electricity prices in Germany-Luxembourg

1,001.3

negative hours in 2026 (3,000 periods)

-500.00

all-time record €/MWh · Jul 2, 2023

6.3h

longest negative streak · from Dec 29, 2018

9,794

negative hours all-time (history to 2015)

Monthly negative hours — last 22 months

2024-07: 318 negative hours (min -104.90 €/MWh) 07 2024 318 2024-08: 263 negative hours (min -99.92 €/MWh) 08 263 2024-09: 168.5 negative hours (min -64.92 €/MWh) 09 169 2024-10: 97 negative hours (min -74.92 €/MWh) 10 97 2024-11: 41.5 negative hours (min -499.99 €/MWh) 11 42 2024-12: 38.3 negative hours (min -41.56 €/MWh) 12 38 2025-01: 61.8 negative hours (min -34.93 €/MWh) 01 2025 62 2025-03: 130 negative hours (min -235.61 €/MWh) 03 130 2025-04: 309 negative hours (min -499.99 €/MWh) 04 309 2025-05: 499.3 negative hours (min -250.32 €/MWh) 05 499 2025-06: 551 negative hours (min -200.00 €/MWh) 06 551 2025-07: 57.3 negative hours (min -32.82 €/MWh) 07 57 2025-08: 254.8 negative hours (min -91.25 €/MWh) 08 255 2025-09: 235.5 negative hours (min -53.40 €/MWh) 09 236 2025-10: 140 negative hours (min -27.59 €/MWh) 10 140 2026-01: 7 negative hours (min -0.01 €/MWh) 01 2026 2026-02: 18.5 negative hours (min -0.65 €/MWh) 02 19 2026-03: 99.5 negative hours (min -13.31 €/MWh) 03 100 2026-04: 369 negative hours (min -480.01 €/MWh) 04 369 2026-05: 234.5 negative hours (min -499.99 €/MWh) 05 235 2026-06: 143.3 negative hours (min -119.50 €/MWh) 06 143 2026-07: 129.5 negative hours (min -11.83 €/MWh) 07 130

Most negative days on record

DateNegative hoursDeepest price (€/MWh)
2020-02-16 86.5 -32.14
2023-12-24 84.8 -37.42
2022-12-31 81.0 -59.91
2020-12-27 70.3 -80.06
2019-06-08 67.8 -90.01

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Data: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform · SMARD.de, Bundesnetzagentur. Zone-local time (Europe/Berlin). Updated 3 minutes ago.