Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row::In total, there were 149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    I constantly hear about or see data that solar and wind power are quite a bit cheaper than other methods by now.

    • @LemmyIsFantastic
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      -11 year ago

      Still costs money. It’s never going to be free.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Well, in the short-term, yeah. But for the mid- to long-term, it’s quite a traditional investment. Pay some money now to build renewables and decommission coal power plants, but eventually break even, because the running cost per kWh produced is quite a bit lower.