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If you’ve got even a passing interest in the UK energy market you’d know this is because of the wholesale price of gas, not the actual wholesale cost of solar a
by danw1979 7mo ago
If you’ve got even a passing interest in the UK energy market you’d know this is because of the wholesale price of gas, not the actual wholesale cost of solar and wind.
If you really want to pay less for green energy, which is cheap when it’s plentiful (like anything) get on a variable tariff and install some storage.
- Magnets 7mo agohow does the wholesale price of gas explain how the UK is the most expensive in the world/europe?
- thebruce87m 7mo agotldr: Marginal Pricing https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of-electricity-and-is-there-an-alternative/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of... > In the UK, the marginal unit is almost always a gas-fired power plant. As a result, one widely cited academic analysis found that gas set the price of power 97% of the time in the UK in 2021.