Electricity price in Luxembourg today
The spot price of electricity hour by hour in Germany and Luxembourg (DE), Friday, 23 October 2026.
Luxembourg has no wholesale price of its own. Together with Germany it forms the DE-LU bidding zone, so the hourly price shown here is exactly the one German households and traders see. That makes sense for a country that imports most of the electricity it uses, chiefly over lines from Germany.
Its own generation is small and almost entirely renewable: wind turbines, biomass and biogas plants, solar panels and a waste-to-energy plant. There is no nuclear or coal power in the country. The large pumped-storage station at Vianden, often mentioned in this context, mainly serves the German grid.
Today electricity costs 13.8 c/kWh in Germany and Luxembourg (DE) on average.
LiveSource: Energi Data Service (Energinet)
Hour by hour
The three cheapest hours in a row are 21–00 (average 8.1 c/kWh). The dearest hour is 08–09.
Show every hour as a table
| Hour | Spot price (c/kWh) | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 00–01 | 17.0 | Dear |
| 01–02 | 15.8 | Dear |
| 02–03 | 15.6 | Middle |
| 03–04 | 15.8 | Dear |
| 04–05 | 15.3 | Middle |
| 05–06 | 15.7 | Dear |
| 06–07 | 17.6 | Dear |
| 07–08 | 19.4 | Dear |
| 08–09 | 20.8 | Dear |
| 09–10 | 18.2 | Dear |
| 10–11 | 15.1 | Middle |
| 11–12 | 13.2 | Middle |
| 12–13 | 11.6 | Cheap |
| 13–14 | 11.0 | Cheap |
| 14–15 | 11.3 | Cheap |
| 15–16 | 11.5 | Cheap |
| 16–17 | 12.2 | Cheap |
| 17–18 | 13.2 | Middle |
| 18–19 | 13.1 | Middle |
| 19–20 | 13.0 | Middle |
| 20–21 | 9.5 | Cheap |
| 21–22 | 8.2 | Cheap |
| 22–23 | 8.9 | Cheap |
| 23–00 | 7.4 | Cheap |
The spot price is the exchange price, the average of the hour's four quarter-hour prices, before taxes, network tariffs and VAT.
Where does the electricity in Luxembourg come from right now?
Generation in Luxembourg at 00:00, by energy source. SMARD's figures run 3–4 hours behind.
Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de, CC BY 4.0
Household price since 2023
Average price per kWh, all-in, for a household using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year. Source: Eurostat (nrg_pc_204).
A household in Luxembourg using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year paid 20.2 c/kWh on average, all-in, in H1 2026, 24% less than a year before (Eurostat).
Eurostat's figure for each half-year, with taxes, levies, network costs and VAT. Updated twice a year.
How the electricity price works in Luxembourg
A wholesale price shared with Germany
Since 1 October 2018, when Austria was split off into its own zone, Luxembourg and Germany have formed one bidding zone. Its day-ahead price is set in the European market coupling, and a cheap windy hour in northern Germany is a cheap hour in Luxembourg too. The Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation (ILR) regulates the networks and supervises the market, and Creos operates the transmission grid and most of the distribution grid. Households choose their supplier freely; most contracts carry a price per kWh fixed for a period rather than an hourly one.
Network fees, the compensation mechanism and a reduced VAT rate
A household bill combines the supplier's energy price, network fees for the use of the grid, and charges set by the state. One of them is the contribution to the compensation mechanism, which funds support for renewable generation; another is a small electricity tax. VAT is charged at a reduced rate. Smart meters are installed across the country, so consumption is measured in fine detail. During the energy crisis the state stepped in with support measures that kept household prices well below the wholesale peaks.
German weather, European fuel prices
Because the price is set for the whole zone, Luxembourg's wholesale price is driven by what happens in Germany: how strong the wind blows on the North Sea coast, how much sun reaches the panels in Bavaria, and the cost of the gas and coal plants that cover the rest. Luxembourg's own demand is too small to move it. Locally, demand comes from households, steel and other industry, data centres and a large daily influx of cross-border workers.
Small own generation, mostly renewable
Luxembourg produces only a fraction of what it consumes, so the generation mix on this page describes a small set of plants rather than the electricity actually used. Wind farms, biomass and biogas plants and a fast-growing number of solar roofs supply most of it, with a little from waste incineration and gas. Vianden, one of Europe's larger pumped-storage plants, stores and releases energy for the German grid rather than adding to Luxembourg's supply.
Luxembourg and its three neighbours
With Germany Luxembourg shares not only the price but most of its physical supply; the two markets are in practice one. Belgium is a separate bidding zone with its own price, shaped by gas and a shrinking nuclear fleet. France generates most of its power from nuclear, and its Cattenom plant stands only a few kilometres from the Luxembourg border, a site the Luxembourg government has long asked to be closed.
Luxembourg compared with its neighbours
In 2024, wind made 31%, bioenergy made 29% and solar made 24% of the electricity generated in Luxembourg. Wind, solar, hydro, nuclear and bioenergy together made 84% of generation in Luxembourg.
Gross electricity generation in 2024 by energy source. Source: Eurostat (nrg_bal_peh). Pumped hydro is left out.
Voltly does not cover Luxembourg yet
Voltly shows hourly prices in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium.
Voltly is for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Questions about the electricity price in Luxembourg
- What does electricity cost in Luxembourg today?
- In Germany and Luxembourg (DE) the spot price averages 13.8 c/kWh today. It is cheapest at 23–00 with 7.4 c/kWh and dearest at 08–09 with 20.8 c/kWh. Network tariffs, taxes and VAT come on top.
- What does an ordinary household in Luxembourg pay for electricity?
- A household in Luxembourg using 2,500–5,000 kWh a year paid 20.2 c/kWh per kWh on average, all-in, in H1 2026, according to Eurostat. The price varies with the network company and the contract.
- How much of the electricity in Luxembourg comes from wind?
- 31% of the electricity generated in Luxembourg came from wind in 2024 (Eurostat), the largest single source.
- Why is Luxembourg's hourly price the same as Germany's?
- Because the two countries form one bidding zone, DE-LU. The European market coupling sets a single day-ahead price for the whole zone, with no separate price for Luxembourg. What households pay still differs, since network fees, taxes and supplier margins are national.
- Where does Luxembourg's electricity come from if it produces so little?
- Most of it is imported, chiefly from Germany over the Creos grid, with links towards Belgium as well. The country's own wind, biomass, solar and waste plants cover only a minority of consumption. Physically, the electricity used in Luxembourg therefore reflects the German and wider European mix more than the domestic one.
- What role does the Vianden power station play?
- Vianden is a pumped-storage plant on the Our river. It pumps water uphill when power is cheap and releases it through turbines when it is dear, and it is connected to the German grid. Because pumped storage uses more electricity than it gives back, it is left out of the yearly generation mix shown on this page.