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Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by throwaway2037 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @11:33PM (#32625517)
I agree with the sentiment of this post. The finance required for green energy production is often over looked. After all, India has huge deserts in the north west of their country. Yes, they have some of the largest solar parks in the world, but why isn't 25% of it covered with solar panels? Financing.

You wrote: <<But the "competent" part of Europe is only so in a stupidly myopic level.>> Can you explain this more? (Zero trolling.) I don't understand what you mean.

Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by v4dok on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:31AM (#32763645)
A bit late but hope you see it.

I mean that what we call the "competent part of Europe" is only competent in a myopic level. When it comes to their own local economy as if it is operating in vacuum. I argue that most of the foreign policy decisions of these members where made with short-term view of their own country economy, completely F'ing up their long term prospects by ignoring the potential and the dynamics of the periphery.

Re:Day ahead electricity prices for EU by ZeroGravitas on Sunday August 28, 2022 @03:34AM (#32626507)
I'd put it down to politics.

Financing has generally been a positive for renewables.

The ability to predict output years in advance and lock in prices works well with finance to build up front.

The reason they've not built more is because the whole globe needs to work together or else one nation can save money by not bothering and just polluting instead.

If that politics got fixed (which it has slowly) then renewables would be rolled out more.