2026-07-13 17:08 UTC
*Energy too cheap to meter, as they used to say about another form of energy entirely
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@Ardubal@mastodon.xyz 2026-07-13 17:19
@bruces@mastodon.social Yeah, the problem is that they get eight electricity-free hours daily from the same source. Given a free-for-all market, this »free« electricity also destroys not only its own economics, but that of all other sources too. But that mostly means that this kind of market doesn't work. On the other hand, once you introduce a holistic calculation and properly regulated market, those three hours don't appear as free anymore. (By the way, »thousands« is not very remarkable here, is it?)
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@Photo55@mastodon.social 2026-07-13 17:24
@bruces@mastodon.social Devon is generating so much solar power that the network operator has told the solar farms* to switch off till September. * Not all generators, but some.