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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by Scoundreller on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:42PM (#34361296)
The dumb thing is that electricity transmission and distribution are usually fixed. This already doesn't make sense because it's peak demand that drives the capex. Opex is peanuts.

But the retail buyer doesn't usually see the negative/low electricity prices of high-supply+low-demand time periods for their "inefficient" uses that should still be economic.

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by Reason077 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:47PM (#34361984)
> "But the retail buyer doesn't usually see the negative/low electricity prices"

There are electricity suppliers in the UK who offer prices linked to the wholesale price, including actually paying you to use electricity if the price goes negative. Quite useful for flexible loads such as EV charging!

https://twitter.com/DanielColquitt/status/139539635553586790...

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