Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row

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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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Our electric company charges 25% more for renewables.

Ah, the old "I'm sucking your money tit as long as I can while my industry dies and I refuse to innovate with my profits" tax.

There research and infrastructure costs. It's not like it's free.

Thats the "refuse to innovate with my profits" part I said

And? It still is going to cost money.

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

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

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

Still costs money. It's never going to be free.

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.

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