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It seems the core issue is that electricity pricing isn't taking into account that some power sources could just go offline for days/weeks. Perhaps they need to
by wolpoli 3y ago
It seems the core issue is that electricity pricing isn't taking into account that some power sources could just go offline for days/weeks. Perhaps they need to find a politically correct way to apply a tariff against unreliable sources and just pay for standby capacity.
This will cause renewable energy to become somewhat less attractive financially, but the alternative is a grid that becomes unreliable over time as gas power plants are decommissioned and don't get replaced.