High electricity price despite expansion in renewables in Germany

Re:High electricity price despite expansion in renewables in... by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @07:58AM (#43024964)

I posted a story that suggests renewables generally have no impact on prices in the US yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43014254

It would seem to come down to policy more than generation price when comparing across countries, but by comparing over time you see little change attributable to renewables adoption.

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Re:High electricity price despite expansion in renewables in... by tcascais on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @08:03AM (#43024996)

Portugal and Spain seem to have a iberic mechanism that honestly i don't know in detail, which prevented a sharp increase (at least as significant as european counterparts) after Ukraine war.

My guess is that renewable adoption is necessary to decrease energy prices, but is not enough, so good policy enters the chat.

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