Bidding Zone

A bidding zone is the area within which wholesale electricity trades at a single market price for each hour, used across Europe's day-ahead markets. Most zones follow country borders, but a few countries are split into two or more zones (Norway and Sweden, for example), and one zone spans two countries (Germany and Luxembourg). Trading inside a zone assumes the grid underneath can move power freely between any two points; between zones, only a fixed cross border capacity applies, which is why prices can differ from one zone to the next.

Worked Example

Albania is one bidding zone: its day-ahead price averaged 366.85 EUR per MWh for delivery on 2026-10-29 (29 October 2026), a single price for the whole zone that hour. See the full figures.

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World Power Monitor. (2026). Bidding Zone: What It Means. https://worldpowermonitor.com/glossary/bidding-zone/

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World Power Monitor. Bidding Zone: What It Means. Data as of 2026-09-21. https://worldpowermonitor.com/glossary/bidding-zone/

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@misc{wpm_glossary_bidding_zone_2026,
  title = {{Bidding Zone: What It Means}},
  author = {{World Power Monitor}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Data as of 2026-09-21.},
  url = {https://worldpowermonitor.com/glossary/bidding-zone/}
}

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Bidding Zone

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