Electricity prices in Denmark 2022

In 2022, the average wholesale day-ahead electricity price in Denmark was 1.597 kr /kWh. Below is the month-by-month breakdown plus a chart of how prices moved through the year.

Year average
1.597 kr /kWh
Cheapest month
February 2022
0.799 kr /kWh
Most expensive month
August 2022
3.389 kr /kWh
3.389 kr0.799 kr010203040506070809101112January 2022: 0.860 kr /kWhFebruary 2022: 0.799 kr /kWhMarch 2022: 1.730 kr /kWhApril 2022: 1.183 kr /kWhMay 2022: 1.249 kr /kWhJune 2022: 1.599 kr /kWhJuly 2022: 1.903 kr /kWhAugust 2022: 3.389 kr /kWhSeptember 2022: 2.502 kr /kWhOctober 2022: 1.024 kr /kWhNovember 2022: 1.065 kr /kWhDecember 2022: 1.862 kr /kWh

Monthly breakdown — 2022

MonthDKK/MWhDKK/kWhMW
January 2022859.59 kr0.860 kr2,263
February 2022798.80 kr0.799 kr2,278
March 20221,730.43 kr1.730 kr2,104
April 20221,183.20 kr1.183 kr1,951
May 20221,249.05 kr1.249 kr1,854
June 20221,599.31 kr1.599 kr1,830
July 20221,902.78 kr1.903 kr1,691
August 20223,389.15 kr3.389 kr1,832
September 20222,502.11 kr2.502 kr1,806
October 20221,023.89 kr1.024 kr1,818
November 20221,065.25 kr1.065 kr2,016
December 20221,861.63 kr1.862 kr2,106

Denmark generates the world's highest share of wind power per capita: in 2024 wind provided 56% of electricity, supplemented by biomass (~16%) and rapidly-growing solar (~9%). Energinet, the state-owned TSO, splits the country into two bidding zones — DK1 (Jutland and Funen, synchronously connected to the German grid) and DK2 (Zealand and Bornholm, connected to the Nordic grid). The 1.4 GW Viking Link to the UK opened in 2024, joining existing HVDC links to Norway, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands; Denmark is now Europe's most-connected grid relative to its size.

Coal generation is set to end fully by 2028 with the Esbjerg-3 closure. Day-ahead clearing happens on Nord Pool.

The Energy Islands project — two artificial offshore hubs in the North Sea — is targeted for commercial operation in the early 2030s and would add 10 GW of offshore wind feeding multiple countries simultaneously.

Current electricity prices in Denmark