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Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor... by barney54 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @11:14PM (#18722450)
Negative electricity prices are also driven by wind subsidies. Wind producers get 2.3 cents per kilowatt hour in tax credits. This means they make money even when the price of electricity is negative—-up to 2.3 cents a kilowatt hour.
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Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor... by londons_explore on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:40AM (#18723575)
Negative prices pretty much never happen in countries without subsidies.

It also isn't true that turning off any power station can't be done instantly. The station has to be able to cope with all its transmission lines suddenly being cut, which is a forced instant turnoff. It's more that the startup time is large, and they think that by losing money now, they'll still be running later when the power price is positive again.

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