Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
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
“Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero” sorry, but this is a bunch of bullshit.
Portugal runs on renewables. America runs on Dunkins.
Aren’t there any maintenance costs?
149 hours of total renewables generation, 95 of which saw the Portuguese grid exporting to Spain
Pretty sure this is why. They sold the excess energy to Spain which probably paid for those costs by itself, leaving nothing to bill citizens for.
“nearly zero”
i’m glad for the renewable production hitting new heights
“consumer electric bills to nearly zero” is utter unsubstantiated bullshit, though
Portugal has one of the highest prices of electricity for consumers in the EU, while having one of the lowest purchasing powers
btw, shit is getting worse for most really, really fast, in part due to the gentrification and deluge of new residents with wallets unfathomably heavier coming from Germany, France, UK and USA to the new Florida of Europe
Not true.
Source: Sou portugues caralho, and tbh the pope would suck my dick if it was true
Yet… the electricity bill has tripled since July, as new taxes were introduced to fuck you over. Consumer bills are definitely not dropping and definitely not near zero.
Isn’t this news way older? Remember an article from a week or so ago, stating the exact same thing.
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure I still pay all the renewable energy I consume at home. I wish the bill was zero, that would be amazing.
SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m going to go ahead and assume that the article means it comes at zero cost to Portugal, as a country, thus not having to import it. It would be fairly misleading though.
Taringano@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It still Should cost.
Renewable is far from free
eek2121@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Our electric company charges 25% more for renewables.
Szymon@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Yea I was curious about that, is there a certain amount that’s paid for? If it was all free, it would incentivize some people to exceed normal usage
Knusper@feddit.de 1 year ago
As I understand, this happens when renewables ‘overproduce’ and we need to get rid of the power somehow. People can gladly use as much power as they want in that case. Even if someone fills up batteries for free to later sell back into the grid when production normalizes, that is actually very much what we want. It just adds storage capacity and ensures prices will stay low for longer.