In the Netherlands, for example, power prices for Sunday afternoon were indicated to be as low as minus 73.76 euros per megawatt hour.
  • schroedingershat@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Someone with a coal or nuclear plant pays to keep transmitting power so they don’t have to turn it off.

    Some (not great) subsidy schemes for wind also pay out regardless of market prices, but those are less common.