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Italy (North) electricity today: carbon and price, hour by hour

Electricity generated in northern Italy is running at about 380 g CO2e/kWh, and the day-ahead price for this hour is €191/MWh. The best four hours to run flexible compute in the next two days are Wed 14 Oct, 11:00–15:00 local time, with 18% cheaper power than the average of the hours ahead.

Latest hour

Carbon intensity, g CO2e/kWh
380
Day-ahead price, €/MWh
190.8
Renewable share of generation, %
20
Fossil 70%
Cleanest-grid rank among the 15 markets tracked
14th
of 15

Updated 14 Oct 2026, 01:09 CEST. Refreshed every 10 minutes.

Cite as: ScienceShot Live Grid, Italy (North), 14 Oct 2026, 01:09 CEST, scienceshot.com/live-grid/italy.

The next 48 hours

Each bar is an hour (Central European time). Height is the day-ahead price, colour is carbon intensity, and the outlined block is the best four-hour window still ahead.

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Hour by hour

From the current hour to the end of the horizon, in local time. The shaded rows are the best four hours for flexible compute.

Carbon intensity and day-ahead price by hour, CEST.
Hour startingCarbon, g/kWhBasisDay-ahead, €/MWh
Wednesday 14 October
01:00 nown/a190.8
02:00n/a192.3
03:00n/a193.2
04:00n/a194.4
05:00n/a200.3
06:00n/a245.0
07:00n/a276.6
08:00n/a300.8
09:00n/a265.0
10:00n/a253.1
11:00 best 4 hn/a212.1
12:00 best 4 hn/a183.3
13:00 best 4 hn/a181.5
14:00 best 4 hn/a188.4
15:00n/a214.5
16:00n/a242.8
17:00n/a248.0
18:00n/a271.9
19:00n/a295.6
20:00n/a270.0
21:00n/a243.8
22:00n/a227.2
23:00n/a216.4

Against the other markets

Where northern Italy sits in the latest hour.

Latest hour, cleanest first.
#MarketCarbon, g/kWhDay-ahead, €/MWhRenew­ables, %
1Norway (NO2)24122.0100
2Switzerland33190.257
3Sweden (SE3)364.047
4France47170.017
5Denmark (DK1)76118.196
6Finland795.669
7Great Britain92191.562
8Austria107178.085
9Ireland113174.382
10Belgium137184.469
11Spain216212.634
12Germany337127.359
13Netherlands356n/a45
14Italy (North)380190.820
15Poland732113.310

About this market

Grid operator

Terna.

Bidding zone

The North zone covers Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Trentino, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Emilia-Romagna, so it includes the Milan data-centre cluster.

Generation in 2025

Largest sources: gas 47.4%, solar 16.9%, hydro 15.7% (wind 8.1%) (all of Italy, not the North zone only).

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Notes

  • Carbon intensity is estimated from each market’s generation by fuel. Forward hours follow the renewables forecast.
  • Prices are day-ahead wholesale, not what a site pays.
  • “Delayed” marks a series that missed its last refresh.

Data: Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE) and national system operators.

ScienceShot dataset, checked 13 Oct 2026. How we build it: Method and standards.