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Integration is a slightly separate matter from privatisation. Even if each country's energy system was operated by a state owned enterprise, the overall system
by spacebanana7 3y ago
Integration is a slightly separate matter from privatisation.
Even if each country's energy system was operated by a state owned enterprise, the overall system would be cheaper and more reliable if countries could better send energy across borders.
North Sea wind could be exported southwards during periods of weak solar and vice versa. France could import fossil fuel energy during periods of nuclear downtime.
- realusername 3y ago> North Sea wind could be exported southwards during periods of weak solar and vice versa. France could import fossil fuel energy during periods of nuclear downtime. Don't worry they also thought about this, the EU wanted price caps on nuclear because EDF was supposed to make way too much money from the gas crisis & general winter consumption. The electricity "market" in the EU means supporting the Energiewende, no matter how bad it's failing.
- ExoticPearTree 3y agoAh yes, the price cap nonsense that EU thinks will fix problems. Sometimes I wonder if the current politicians in Brussels ever attended basic economy classes. Because they don't seem to understand that they can't control the markets.