Nordpool Market
Prices and turnover at the Nordpool spot market for electricity for DK1 (West Denmark) and DK2 (East Denmark)
In NordPool 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. NordPool Elbas is the Nordic trading center for trading electricity up to one hour before delivery hour. At the Elspot market it may take up to 36 hours from a contract has changed hands until the actual delivery hour. During this time the consumption and production situation may easily have changed. Elbas makes it therefore easier for the market players to reach balance through trading.
Hour UTC
| Description | A date and time (interval), shown in UTC time zone, where the values are valid. 00:00 o\u2019clock 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 \u201cT\u201d and the \u201cZ\u201d 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 |
| Format | |
| Property constraint | |
| 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\u2019clock 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 \u201cT\u201d 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 |
| Format | |
| Property constraint | |
| 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 \u201cDK\u201d, the data covers all Denmark. |
| Name | PriceArea |
| Type | string |
| Unit | |
| Size | 3 |
| Example | DK1 |
| Format | DK1 | DK2 |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules | DK1 or DK2 |
Spot purchase
| Description | The purchase of electritity from the nordpool spot |
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| Comment | Purchased electricity is seen from the consumption side, meaning that the sum of purchased electricity on all market in the price area + import from connected price areas, should cover the planned consumption in the price area. |
| Name | SpotPurchase |
| Type | number |
| Unit | MWh per hour |
| Size | 9.1 |
| Example | 184.3 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
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Spot sale
| Description | The sale of electricity to the nordpool spot |
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| Comment | Sale of electricity is seen from the producer side, so purchased electricity + export - import = sales. |
| Name | SpotSale |
| Type | number |
| Unit | MWh per hour |
| Size | 9.1 |
| Example | 184.3 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
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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 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas average price (DKK)
| Description | Nord Pool Elbas is the Nordic trading centre for trading electricity up to one hour before delivery hour. At the Elspot market it may take up to 36 hours from a contract has changed hands until the actual delivery hour. During this time the consumption and production situation may easily have changed. Elbas makes it therefore easier for the market players to reach balance through trading. |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasAveragePriceDKK |
| Type | number |
| Unit | DKK |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas max. price (DKK)
| Description | Maximum Elbas price in the area in DKK |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasMaxPriceDKK |
| Type | number |
| Unit | DKK |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas min. price (DKK)
| Description | Minimum Elbas price in the area in DKK |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasMinPriceDKK |
| Type | number |
| Unit | DKK |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| 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 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas average price (EUR)
| Description | Nord Pool Elbas is the Nordic trading centre for trading electricity up to one hour before delivery hour. At the Elspot market it may take up to 36 hours from a contract has changed hands until the actual delivery hour. During this time the consumption and production situation may easily have changed. Elbas makes it therefore easier for the market players to reach balance through trading. |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasAveragePriceEUR |
| Type | number |
| Unit | EUR |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas max. price (EUR)
| Description | Maximum Elbas price in the area in EUR |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasMaxPriceEUR |
| Type | number |
| Unit | EUR |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |
Elbas min. price (EUR)
| Description | Minimum Elbas price in the area in EUR |
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| Comment | |
| Name | ElbasMinPriceEUR |
| Type | number |
| Unit | EUR |
| Size | 9.2 |
| Example | 543,45 |
| Format | ([0-9]*[,])[0-9][0-9] |
| Property constraint | |
| Validation rules |