Raforkuverð til iðnaðar á Íslandi er um 30–40 EUR/MWh, samanborið við ESB-meðaltal um 120–150 EUR/MWh (2024), og heimilisverð er sömuleiðis langt undir Evrópumeðaltali. Álframleiðsla eyðir um 70% af heildarraforkuframleiðslu landsins, og regluverk innri orkumarkaðar ESB gæti skapað þrýsting á verðsamræmingu ef sæstrengur yrði lagður.
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Iceland has among the lowest electricity prices in Europe for industrial consumers, at approximately €30–40 per MWh, compared to the EU-27 average of €120–150 per MWh (2024). Household electricity prices are also well below European averages at roughly €0.08/kWh versus the EU average of €0.25/kWh. This cheap, abundant renewable electricity has attracted energy-intensive industries — aluminium smelting alone consumes approximately 70% of Iceland's electricity output. EU internal energy market rules, if fully applied, could create pressure to allow electricity price convergence with continental Europe, potentially raising domestic prices to fund interconnector infrastructure.
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Eurostat — Electricity prices for non-household consumers (nrg_pc_205); Orkustofnun
Eurostat er tölfræðistofa Evrópusambandsins sem safnar og birtir samanburðarhæf gögn um efnahag, samfélag og umhverfi í aðildarríkjum og EES-löndum.
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Iceland is not connected to the European electricity grid, so direct price convergence is currently impossible. A subsea cable project (IceLink) has been discussed but not approved. Without physical interconnection, EU energy market rules have limited practical impact on Icelandic prices.