Market intelligence
Romania power market
Day-ahead prices, what solar actually earns, and how often the price goes negative. Updated hourly from ENTSO-E.
ENTSO-E · as of 16 Aug 2026, 00:45
Prices averaged €135.06/MWh over the last 30 days, and the daily range is widening
Daily baseload, with the shaded band showing each day's low to high. Volatility, not level, is what a battery earns from.
Average price by hour of the day
The midday dip is solar pushing the price down in exactly the hours it generates. That gap is why capture price sits below baseload.
Why capture price, not average price
Solar sells all of its output into the middle of the day — precisely the hours in which it has pushed the price down. Its capture price is the volume-weighted price it actually achieved, and it is the number that belongs in a revenue model. The average price is not.
CfD auction benchmarks
Strike prices awarded in Romania's contracts-for-difference rounds — the benchmark most offtake conversations start from.
| Round | Technology | Awarded | Strike range | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 · Dec 2025 | Onshore wind | 316 MW | €59.95 – €74.90 | — |
| R2 · Aug 2025 | Onshore wind | 1,260 MW | — | €73.89 |
| R2 · Aug 2025 | Solar PV | 1,488 MW | €35.50 – €45.20 | €40.46 |
| R1 · Dec 2024 | Onshore wind | 1,096 MW | — | €65.00 |
| R1 · Dec 2024 | Solar PV | 432 MW | — | €51.00 |
Per-project analysis for registered investors
Members see what a specific listed project would have earned against this price history: capture price, capture rate, revenue and negative-hour exposure, computed the same way for every asset.
Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, Transelectrica. Methodology · Data sources