News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Germany’s Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend. Parent comment

Re:Germany’s Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend by looping__lui on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @03:08PM (#36129155)
This hand-wavy thinking can and will cause shifts in wealth, prosperity and future of Germany and Europe. Ignoring it or feeling good about it won’t change reality very much like the central banks “laissez faire print money” led to (unavoidable yet very predictable) inflation putting individuals, families, companies and countries in a pretty delicate situation.

Ideology doesn’t replace reality.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Germany’s Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend by Gwypaas on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @04:47PM (#36130532)
The reality of new built nuclear costing 15 cents/kWh making whole swaths of already existing industries uneconomical? Why would anyone want that?

https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-e...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Germany’s Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend by looping__lui on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:21AM (#36134738)
Not sure I understand what you are getting at. Electricity prices in Germany are 45+ cents/kWh.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Germany’s Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend by Gwypaas on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @01:57AM (#36134992)
I would suggest reading up on the difference between the household and wholesale electricity market. German households pay among the most expensive electricity in the EU while the commercial wholesale market is at the lower end.

The difference comes from taxes and fees.

Germany briefly hit 45 cents/kWh last year due to the war. We are getting back to normal and in March the average price was 10 cents/kWh.

In other words, even during the tail ends of winter and war induced supply crunches the average price was too low to support nuclear.

New built nuclear is having energy crisis prices all year around.

[ Parent | on HN ]