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>natural gas plants can already be switched off and on They can be, but unless the government steps in to subsidize them, it's not very profitable. Due to low
by vellum 14y ago
>natural gas plants can already be switched off and on
They can be, but unless the government steps in to subsidize them, it's not very profitable. Due to low gas prices, a lot of European gas plants are being shut down.
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/europe-gas-carnage-shown-by-eon-closing-3-year-old-plant-energy.html http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/europe-gas-carna...
- DanBC 14y agoThis is really confusing. I'm constantly told that prices for gas[1] are high (partly because of various shenanigans in Europe and Russia) and that there's a dash for gas. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21913374 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21913374) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21903837 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21903837) [1] Natural gas, not petrol.
- arethuza 14y agoThat says it's closing due to low electricity prices not low gas prices.