Critical_Insight to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoPrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1870arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1858arrow-down1external-linkPrice of electricity in Finland peaks at 2.35€/kWh today. Keeping my tiny granny cottage warm costs me over 50 euros for a single day. It's negative 25C (-13F) outside.i.imgur.comCritical_Insight to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square297fedilinkfile-text
That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive
minus-square018118055@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFinland has about 5.2GW of wind capacity vs 4.3 nuclear. If it’s a windy day the spot price will usually be low.
minus-squareDanglingFury@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGood point, for aome reason i was thinking more off-grid than load balancing economics. The battery would probably help lower power by filling when power is cheap and supplying when the rates spike throughout the day
Finland has about 5.2GW of wind capacity vs 4.3 nuclear. If it’s a windy day the spot price will usually be low.
Good point, for aome reason i was thinking more off-grid than load balancing economics. The battery would probably help lower power by filling when power is cheap and supplying when the rates spike throughout the day