Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU
by mechagodzilla on Saturday August 27, 2022 @09:36AM
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That would almost certainly be the price per kilowatt-hour, not megawatt-hour, which would make a MWh ~100EUR. Anybody that is getting rich on the energy markets right now is either because they're better at betting on future energy prices than their rivals, or they have the ability to produce electricity when demand for it is extraordinarily high (both of which would qualify as 'a reason').
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Thanks, will need to find the source again and see if it was indeed 0.1/kWh and not MWh (talking about production costs at a cheaper country with nuclear power plants fully paid for in the past).
EDIT: Just found out production costs from another source:
Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant - 20.31EUR/MWh
Temelin Nuclear Power Plant - 34.52EUR/MWh
10 cents for a megawatt of electricity is an unheard of marginal cost in any situation.
your local costs in the US range from 5-25 cents per kilowatt hour (1/1000 of that), with ideal solar being the cheapest amortized at roughly 3 cents/kwh
I just cross-checked the source and the claim by one of their members of parliament was the price was 0.25CZK/MWh which is ~0.01EUR/MWh in fact.
Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU
by ravel-bar-foo on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:26AM
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This suggests that either the MP is incorrect, or they were misquoted, or some sort of accounting shenanigans are going on (infrastructure costs already paid for, etc.)