SUNAExchange price
The price at which power for the next day is traded. Your household power costs more, because grid fees, taxes and levies are added.
Germany, updated continuously
Grid and power right now
Power exchange price for today and tomorrow, where the power comes from right now, green power forecast, dark doldrums and the grid frequency live.
As of 12/11/2026, 07:57: The day-ahead electricity price is 24.7 cents per kilowatt hour. Today the average is 19.9 cents, the lowest 12.2 cents at 23:45 and the highest 25.0 cents at 09:00. The grid frequency is 49.977 hertz.
Power exchange price today and tomorrow
Wholesale price per quarter hour from the day-ahead auction, without grid fees, taxes and levies.
Where does the power come from right now?
Public power generation in Germany by energy source, plus consumption as a dashed line.
Green power forecast for today
How much of consumption renewables are expected to cover, per quarter hour.
Spotting and tracking dark doldrums
If wind and sun each deliver less than 10 % of their installed capacity on the daily average, it is dark and calm. If that lasts at least 2 days, it is a dark doldrums.
Grid frequency live
In the European power grid the current oscillates 50 times per second. If the frequency deviates, generation and consumption do not match at the moment.
Briefly explained
Power mix
Which power plants the power is coming from right now. When the sun shines and the wind blows, the share of coal and gas falls.
Residual load
What remains when wind and sun are subtracted from consumption. Other plants, storage or imports have to cover this rest.
Dark doldrums
Hardly any wind and hardly any sun, typical in late autumn and winter with high fog. Coal and gas plants, imports and storage then have to fill the gap, and the power price often rises sharply. Counted similar to the German Weather Service: wind and sun each below 10 % of their capacity, at least two days in a row.
Grid frequency
The target is 50 hertz. If the frequency falls, power is missing in the grid, if it rises, there is too much. Plants and storage balance even small deviations immediately.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the electricity price sometimes negative?
When more power is generated than is needed and can be sold abroad, for example on sunny, windy public holidays. Some power plants cannot be ramped down quickly, and many older wind and solar plants are paid regardless of the market price. Producers then pay for someone to take the power.
What does the market price have to do with my electricity price?
With a fixed tariff very little, your price stays the same. With a dynamic tariff your energy price follows the market price, plus grid fees, taxes and levies. Then it pays to shift large loads to cheap times.
What does a renewable share above 100 % mean?
Wind, solar, biomass and hydro then generate more power than Germany currently uses. The surplus goes abroad or into storage, and the market price is often very low or negative.
When does it get critical for the grid?
In everyday operation the frequency only varies by a few hundredths of a hertz around 50. At 49.8 or 50.2 hertz the balancing power of power plants and storage is fully in use. If the frequency drops to 49 hertz, grid operators automatically disconnect the first loads to keep the grid stable.
What does this mean for me with my own PV system?
You see when power from the grid is expensive or cheap and when it is especially green. With a battery, electric car, heat pump or dynamic tariff you shift large loads to the good times. SUNA shows you live on your phone, PC and tablet what your own system is delivering right now.