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Electricity prices in Europe in 2024 (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 months ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 32 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Worth noting that those are the prices directly at the energy exchange. What people and companies will actually pay will differ from those values quite a bit due to taxes, fees etc.

[–] safesyrup@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. In switzerland i pay 0.30CHF/kw/h where according to this map the cost for the energy alone is 0.07CHF/kw/h

[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Similar for the Netherlands

[–] vodka@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

Can confirm, I live in the cheapest region of these (NO4, Northern Norway) and my prices were on average 6x what is on here due to fixed per kWh fees.

[–] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bad map featuring

red-green color scale
ugly labels overlapping features
gnarly class limits

While the data certainly is interesting, the map is mostly annoying.

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Readability would be much improved by removing the decimals.

I like the color scale - is it bad because of color blindness, or is there another reason?

[–] newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

is it bad because of color blindness,

yes. Also not the prettiest gradient there is - but that's a matter of taste.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

That colour scale can get in the bin.

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

where's iceland?

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Not in the EU

Edit: Hmm, so is not Norway nor North Macedonia either. So I don't get the logic either behind why some countries are included and others aren't in this map.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 4 points 4 months ago

It shows the bidding zones for wholesale electricity markets. This is also why Sweden, Norway and Italy are split in several prices.

It's not particularly interesting to anyone but those who trade electricity wholesale. I guess we can say that those with low prices have an overproduction and vice versa.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I guess because energy-charts.info decided so. If we don't get a statistic from a federal agency or EuroStat, I guess we can't expect consistent data respecting political territories.

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Iceland is not part of the EU, that is correct, but it is part of Europe as far as I recall, or am I mistaken? It is part of Schengen, and is on the European council. Edit. And the EEA