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Re:Finland's average electricity price slips into negative t... by Hamuko on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:32AM (#36058680)
Has the world moved past the need? Last summer, we were talking about the possibility of rolling blackouts during the winter. And while that was not necessary, a kilowatt-hour of electricity was tens of cents during the winter. I remember at least seeing 0.40€/kWh and it probably exceeded 0.50€ at points.
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Re:Finland's average electricity price slips into negative t... by Gwypaas on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:45AM (#36058852)
Europe rebuilt the entire supply chain of fossil gas from the beginning of the invasion, while at the same time half the French nuclear reactors were out of commission. [1] If having a few expensive months is the worst outcome of the largest war since WW2 in Europe then the system is hugely resilient already.

Those prices were imported to the Nordics, they did not stem from the Nordics.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/business/nuclear-power-fr...

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Re:Finland's average electricity price slips into negative t... by Gud on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @03:35PM (#36062942)
It was a remarkably warm winter.
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Re:Finland's average electricity price slips into negative t... by adrianN on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:07AM (#36069705)
If you could build a nuclear power plant as quickly as you can build a wind turbine you might still have a window where you could recoup the investment. Unfortunately building nuclear plants takes ages. If we started today to build the hundreds of nuclear power plants it would take Europe to go fully nuclear they wouldn't be done before renewables+storage ate their profit opportunity.
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