European Gas & Power in Numbers: 50+ Live Statistics for 2026
The reference for European gas storage, negative power pricing, the generation mix and carbon. Storage and negative-price hours refresh automatically from official feeds; every other figure is dated and sourced.
Until 24 September 2026 this page showed a TTF front-month gas price and an EU carbon (EUA) price in its live ticker and headline figures. Neither came from a live feed. The TTF figure was a reading from 19 June 2026 and the carbon figure dated from December 2025, and both stayed fixed while the storage and negative-price figures refreshed around them. By September the TTF market was trading far above the June level. TTF and EUA prices are licensed exchange data, so this page no longer quotes them as current figures. The carbon section keeps its dated readings, labelled as such.
As of 11 Oct 2026, EU gas storage is 73.8% full, 9.2 points below the 83.0% seen a year earlier (gas day 11 Oct 2025) and 14.9 points under the five-year average for this date (88.7%, 2021-2025 band). Over the 30 days to 14 Oct 2026, 8 bidding zones recorded about 93 hours of negative day-ahead power prices, led by Germany with 18 hours. In 2025, wind and solar supplied 30% of EU electricity, overtaking fossil fuels (29%) for the first time on record. TTF gas and EU carbon (EUA) prices are licensed exchange data, so this page does not quote them as current figures. Every figure below is dated and sourced.
Live European gas storage & negative-price tally
This section is refreshed automatically from Voltstack's live feeds. Storage comes from GIE AGSI+; the negative-price tally is computed from day-ahead prices across 8 bidding zones published by Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0).
EU gas storage by country
| Country | Storage Full |
|---|---|
| EU aggregate | 73.8% |
| Germany | 60.0% |
| Italy | 88.9% |
| France | 87.2% |
| Netherlands | 62.6% |
| Austria | 69.3% |
| United Kingdom | 34.9%est. · 29% coverage |
Negative day-ahead power prices — hours per zone, last 30 days (14 Sep 2026 – 14 Oct 2026)
| Bidding Zone | Negative Hours | Share of Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Total, 8 bidding zones | 93.3 | — |
| Germany | 17.5 | 2.4% |
| Netherlands | 17.5 | 2.4% |
| France | 17.3 | 2.4% |
| Belgium | 13.0 | 1.8% |
| Denmark W | 13.0 | 1.8% |
| Norway N2 | 8.5 | 1.2% |
| Austria | 6.5 | 0.9% |
| Italy N | 0.0 | 0.0% |
European gas: storage & refill
Refill is the pressure point for next winter. EU storage stands near 74% on gas day 11 Oct 2026, below the five-year minimum for 11 Oct and 14.9 points under the five-year average. This section does not quote a TTF price: TTF front-month futures trade on ICE Endex, and exchange prices are licensed data that Voltstack does not republish as live figures.
SOURCES: GIE AGSI+ · Voltstack storage historyPower prices & the gas coupling
The structural story of European power in 2026 is a split screen. At the top of the stack, gas still sets the marginal price far more often than its 18–20% share of generation implies — so a TTF spike still pushes Italian and German day-ahead prices to €120–150/MWh, and IEEFA estimates a 60% rise in wholesale power could add up to €120 a year to a household bill. At the bottom, record solar build-out is driving prices below zero for hundreds of hours: Germany alone spent 18 hours below €0/MWh in the last 30 days.
SOURCES: IEEFA · Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0), computed by VoltstackThe EU electricity mix in 2025
| Source | Share of EU Power (2025) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| All renewables | 48% | Nearly half of EU electricity |
| Wind + solar | 30% | First time above fossil power on record |
| Wind | 17% | Second-largest single source |
| Solar | 13% | 369 TWh, +20% YoY (4th year running) |
| Fossil fuels | 29% | Down from 37% in 2020 |
Over five years, wind and solar climbed from 20% (2020) to 30% (2025) of EU generation, while fossil fuels fell from 37% to 29%. Gas generation rose 8% in 2025 on weaker hydro output, but still came in below the combined wind-and-solar total for the first time in EU history.
SOURCE: Ember — European Electricity Review 2026 (full-year 2025 data)EU carbon allowances
EU carbon allowances reached a two-year high of about €85/tonne on 15 December 2025, and analysts expect tightening supply to lift the 2026 average into the €83 to €92/tonne range. A higher carbon price widens the cost gap between gas- and coal-fired generation and feeds directly into the clean-spark and clean-dark spreads that set fuel-switching economics.
The €85 figure is a dated reading and the 2026 range is a forecast; neither is a live price. EU allowances trade on EEX and ICE Endex, and this page does not republish exchange prices.
SOURCES: GMK Center · Sandbag Carbon Price Viewer · ING / Montel forecastsData sources & method
Voltstack builds on official, regulator-mandated European transparency data wherever possible, and labels every figure with its source and date. The live numbers on this page are pulled directly from:
| Source | What it provides | Update cadence |
|---|---|---|
| GIE AGSI+ | EU gas storage fullness, volumes, by country | Daily (per gas day) |
| ENTSO-E Transparency | Day-ahead power prices, cross-border flows, generation by fuel | Hourly / daily |
| Ember | EU generation mix, renewables and fossil shares | Annual review |
| IEEFA | Gas-power coupling and household bill analysis | Periodic |
TTF gas and EU carbon (EUA) prices are not in this table. TTF front-month futures trade on ICE Endex and EU allowances on EEX and ICE Endex, and their prices are licensed exchange data, so this page does not show them as live figures. The carbon readings in section 05 are dated and credited to the reports that published them. In Voltstack Analytics a desk can enter its own TTF and EUA marks.
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Source: Voltstack Intelligence, European Gas & Power in Numbers (14 Oct 2026). https://voltstack.energy/insights/european-gas-power-statistics-2026
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Disclaimer: This reference is produced by Voltstack Intelligence for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Live figures are pulled from third-party feeds (GIE AGSI+, Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de) and may be revised by the source; researched figures are dated to their publication. Price levels are indicative. Corrections to research@voltstack.energy.
Sources: GIE AGSI+, Bundesnetzagentur | SMARD.de (CC BY 4.0), Ember (European Electricity Review 2026), IEEFA, GMK Center, Sandbag, ING, Montel.