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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by raverbashing on Saturday August 27, 2022 @01:39PM (#32621278)
Top utilization of solar was approximately 25% of the installed base today

At the same time, 49% of nuclear in France is being used today and 62% of nuclear in the UK

So, it's "bad" but not everything is used 100% all the time

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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by spaceman_2020 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @05:48PM (#32623561)
The thing is, on a perfect day, Germany has enough solar capacity to fulfill almost all of its electricity needs.

But that perfect day is rare, largely because of Germany’s climate.

So you have a situation where you have to essentially install over 100% of your needs in solar. You’re overspending for suboptimum results.

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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by adgjlsfhk1 on Sunday August 28, 2022 @01:10AM (#32625952)
yes you overbuild, but solar is still one of the cheapest girls is electricity even when you consider the necessary overbuilding.
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