naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoElectricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the gridfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1585arrow-down17
arrow-up1578arrow-down1external-linkElectricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the gridfortune.comnaturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-squareShard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThats because the majority of the cost is not in the direct cost of generation but in maintaining the grid. That’s a fixed expense that does not fluctuate and there is no way generation costs will offset maintenance costs.
Thats because the majority of the cost is not in the direct cost of generation but in maintaining the grid. That’s a fixed expense that does not fluctuate and there is no way generation costs will offset maintenance costs.