Negative Power prices. It is a real thing sometimes!

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Besoeker

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Take a look at this article about wind energy producers paying the grid to take their power!
I think it illustrates one of the constraints of most renewable sources. Their variability. Not enough when you can use it and too much when you can't.
We need energy storage utility of utility scale proportions.
 

Fulthrotl

~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
goes to show you what wind power is really worth without all the subsidy nonsense.

it's not the subsidy, it's the transferable tax credit for generating it.
a subsidy in reverse.

so, the wind farms are still making money selling it at a loss.
but not only in texas. but texas has it happen more often than
everywhere else, because they do things dif'rnt in texas, y'hear?
 
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