You need to be careful not to compare existing, written-off power plants with new plants. What's compared is what would happen if you start a tender for a new g

You need to be careful not to compare existing, written-off power plants with new plants. What's compared is what would happen if you start a tender for a new generation capacity - what generation capacity would then win. Regarding your questions: subsidies have fallen over the years, and we're beginning to see the first projects without direct subsidies: https://www.vox.com/2018/5/30/17408602/solar-wind-energy-renewable-subsidy-europe https://www.vox.com/2018/5/30/17408602/solar-wind-energy-ren... And yes, it's true that running a grid is much more complicated than just LCoE.