Monthly market report
Denmark West DK1 — August 2026
Day-ahead auction, 2,976 settlement periods, computed from the same data the API serves.
Average price
125.2 €/MWh
+23.2 vs previous month
Negative prices
4.3 hours
17 settlement periods below 0
Avg daily spread
192.49 €/MWh
the arbitrage opportunity, day by day
Volatility (σ)
63 €/MWh
Extremes
- Cheapest period
- -0.09 €/MWh Aug 8, 14:00 UTC
- Priciest period
- 487.38 €/MWh Aug 13, 17:45 UTC
Top spike days
- 2026-08-13max 487.38 €/MWh
- 2026-08-12max 461.17 €/MWh
- 2026-08-14max 304.12 €/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.