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Here in Finland electricity prices can drop to under 1c/kWh due to renewables, basically every time it's sunny and/or windy electricity is practically free (the

Here in Finland electricity prices can drop to under 1c/kWh due to renewables, basically every time it's sunny and/or windy electricity is practically free (the transfer costs are static though). A few times the price has actually been negative, people got paid for using electricity due to overproduction =)

leonidasrup 7mo ago
In Finland you produce more electricity from nuclear energy, than from hydropower, wind, or solar. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked.png?country=FIN&imWidth=1700 https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-s... The amounts for year 2025: Nuclear 32 TWh, Wind 22 TWh, Hydro 12 TWh, Solar 1TWh.
- daveguy 7mo ago
  And more from hydropower, wind, and solar, than from nuclear.
  - leonidasrup 7mo ago
    Contribution of solar in Finland is really insignificant.