Monthly market report
Belgium BE — May 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
91.87 €/MWh
+13.06 vs previous month
Negative prices
56.3 hours
225 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
194.18 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
66.92 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -499.29 €/MWh May 1, 11:30 UTC
- Priciest period
- 445.64 €/MWh May 28, 18:30 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-05-28max 445.64 €/MWh
- 2026-05-02max 252.6 €/MWh
- 2026-05-26max 250.9 €/MWh
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Data source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (transparency.entsoe.eu). Data source: SMARD.de, Bundesnetzagentur | CC BY 4.0. Derived statistics are Voltcast own-IP output.