In May 2026, a total of 1,103,572.8 MWh of electricity was traded on the Croatian energy exchange CROPEX, down 6.5% versus April. Day-ahead trading accounted for 872,232.4 MWh, while the intraday market recorded 226,340.4 MWh. Overall trading activity in May 2026 was also 6.9% lower than in the same month of the previous year.
Day-ahead and intraday price levels
The average daily base price on the day-ahead market in May stood at 103.58 euros/MWh, up 14.6% from the previous month. The average euro-peak price reached 64.94 euros/MWh, which was 10.7% higher than in April. On the intraday market, the average price increased to 106.89 euros/MWh, reflecting a 22.1% rise month-on-month.
Market liquidity on the day-ahead segment
The average daily traded volume on the day-ahead market amounted to 28,297.8 MWh. This level indicated stable conditions with slightly reduced market liquidity during the month.
CROPEX setup and regional coupling milestones
CROPEX was established on 11 March 2016 in cooperation with Nord Pool, described as Europe’s leading electricity exchange. The exchange is jointly owned by the Croatian electricity transmission system operator HOPS and the Croatian electricity market operator HROTE. The intraday market was launched in April 2017.
On 19 June 2018, after a joint project involving Croatian and Slovenian transmission system operators and power exchanges, the CROPEX day-ahead market was coupled with the MRC markets via the Croatian–Slovenian border .
