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Re:Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry p... by adql on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @10:34AM (#34709453)
No utility would want to build power plant that works 10% of the year tho, that's the problem
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Re:Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry p... by jfengel on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:59PM (#34712947)
We've already got lots of gas power plants.

The cost of converting them to peaker plants isn't zero, but it's not anywhere near the cost of building new ones.

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Re:Heat pumps are defying Maine’s winters and oil industry p... by fomine3 on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @07:23PM (#34717855)
If they earn 50x on 5% of days, it looks make sense. A problem is that other player want to join the market so finally won't earn 50x
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