That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

  • @[email protected]OP
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    10 months ago

    Older houses burn oil for heating the house and water but even most of them have heatpumps installed. New houses usually also have heatpumps or geothermal so direct electric heating is more and more uncommon. Apartment buildings generally all have district heating and even some private homes do.

    Yes it’s expensive but so is everything else too. Our houses are way better insulated than in most places though so that helps a little.

    • @TheEighthDoctor
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      110 months ago

      Geothermal is expensive and not worth it financially in many countries but when you are looking at 2.35€/kWh it seems like a great investment.

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        10 months ago

        He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology.

        Over half of the new houses in Finland are build with geothermal. It costs roughly 18 000€ to construct.

        • @TheEighthDoctor
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          010 months ago

          He doesn’t mean geothermal in large scale but home level geothermal. It is actually very cheap and efficient technology.

          I understand, but it’s not cheap when compared to solar

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            910 months ago

            Solar panels doesn’t provide heat, it produces electricity. Also it is quite common on Finland to have solar panels + geothermal heating, because both of them pay for themself in 5-10 years. Unfortunately solar panels do not provide us enough electricity to be only source, not even with batteries.