Elspot Prices
Day ahead spotprices in DK and neighboring countries
In Nord Pool Spot market players can buy and sell electricity for delivery the following day in their own area - Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark or Germany. The day-ahead prices indicate the balance between supply and demand.
Hour UTC
| Description | A date and time (interval), shown in UTC time zone, where the values are valid. 00:00 o’clock is the first hour of a given day interval 00:00 - 00:59 and 01:00 covers the second hour (interval) of the day and so forth. Please note: The naming is based on the length of the interval of the finest grain of the resolution. |
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| Comment | Please note that the format shown in the example applies to data download as JSON, XML or fetched through the API and is in accordance with the ISO 8601 standard. The format is slightly different when it is shown on screen or downloaded manually as CSV or XLSX. This is mainly due to readability and consideration for Excel users. In preview (in the GUI) all timestamps are shown as (display convention) YYYY-MM-DD hh:mmZ e.g. 2017-07-14 08:00Z. The Z will remind viewers that this is UTC. In download (CSV and XLSX) the date time are exported as YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm e.g. 2017-07-14 08:00. That is without the “T” and the “Z” and the seconds. Excel will recognize it as date-time. The user must remember the convention about time zones. In download (JSON and XML) the full format is used YYYY-MM-DDThh:mmZ e.g. 2017-07-14T08:00Z. |
| Name | HourUTC |
| Type | datetime |
| Unit | |
| Size | 17 |
| Example | 2017-07-14T08:00Z |
| Validation rules | Always full hours, i.e. minutes are 00 |
Hour DK
| Description | A date and time (interval), shown in Danish time zone, where the values are valid. 00:00 o’clock is the first hour of a given day, interval 00:00 - 00:59, and 01:00 covers the second hour period (interval) of the day and so forth. |
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| Comment | On one normal day there will be 24 intervals. When daylight saving times shifts there will be either 23 or 25 intervals. Please note that the format shown in the example applies to data download as JSON, XML or fetched through the API and is in accordance with the ISO 8601 standard. The format is slightly different when it is shown on screen or downloaded manually as CSV or XLSX. This is mainly due to readability and consideration for Excel users. In preview (in the GUI) all timestamps are shown as (display convention) YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm e.g. 2017-07-14 08:00. Please note that is no time zone indicator, showning that this is local (Danish) time. In download (CSV and XLSX) the date time are exported as YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm e.g. 2017-07-14 08:00. That is without the “T” and the seconds. Excel will recognize it as date-time. The user must remember that this is local (Danish) time. In download (JSON and XML) the format used is YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm e.g. 2017-07-14T08:00. |
| Name | HourDK |
| Type | datetime |
| Unit | |
| Size | 17 |
| Example | 2017-07-14T08:00 |
| Validation rules | Always full hours, i.e. minutes are 00 |
Price area
| Description | Same as bidding zone. Denmark is divided in two price areas, or bidding zones, divided by the Great Belt. DK1 is west of the Great Belt and DK2 is east of the Great Belt. |
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| Comment | If price area is “DK”, the data covers all Denmark. |
| Name | PriceArea |
| Type | string |
| Unit | |
| Size | 3 |
| Example | DK1 |
| Validation rules | DK1 or DK2 |
Spot price (DKK)
| Description | Day ahead Spot Price in the price area |
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| Comment | The day-ahead prices indicate the balance between supply and demand. |
| Name | SpotPriceDKK |
| Type | number |
| Unit | DKK per MWh |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Validation rules |
Spot price (EUR)
| Description | Day ahead Spot Price in the price area |
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| Comment | The day-ahead prices indicate the balance between supply and demand. |
| Name | SpotPriceEUR |
| Type | number |
| Unit | EUR per MWh |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Validation rules |