Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row::In total, there were 149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain

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      11 months ago

      Thats the “refuse to innovate with my profits” part I said

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          11 months ago

          Companies have obtained tons of public money for research, then charge extra for the research investment. Its a joke.

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          11 months ago

          Correction, it has already cost us money, except the people receiving it were not responsible with the money.

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      I constantly hear about or see data that solar and wind power are quite a bit cheaper than other methods by now.

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          Well, in the short-term, yeah. But for the mid- to long-term, it’s quite a traditional investment. Pay some money now to build renewables and decommission coal power plants, but eventually break even, because the running cost per kWh produced is quite a bit lower.