Monthly market report
Germany-Luxembourg DE-LU — May 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
97.62 €/MWh
+19.19 vs previous month
Negative prices
78.8 hours
315 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
207.87 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
70.81 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -499.99 €/MWh May 1, 11:15 UTC
- Priciest period
- 468.31 €/MWh May 28, 18:30 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-05-28max 468.31 €/MWh
- 2026-05-04max 356.27 €/MWh
- 2026-05-18max 278.16 €/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.