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Can you explain a bit more what you mean?

• croes 4y ago
  The energy price depends on the price of most expensive sold energy source. Nuclear energy and wind and PV energy are pretty cheap but electricity from gas is expensive at the moment. But because of the merit order system all electricity is sold at the price of gas produced energy independent of the real production cost. So if the price of one needed energy source rises, the prices for all skyrocket, not matter if the expensive one is needed for 1% or 50% of the energy demand. All costs the same of the most expensive one.
  • cpursley 4y ago
    Makes sense, thank you for explaining.