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It's still not earning you money to spend electricity because you still have to pay the transfer fee which is around 6 cents / kWh but it's pretty damn cheap nevertheless, mostly because of the excess in wind energy.

Last winter because of a mistake it dropped down to negative 50 cents / kWh for few hours, averaging negative 20 cents for the entire day. People were literally earning money by spending electricity. Some were running electric heaters outside in the middle of the winter.

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[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah and because those new designs are so great we see them installed all over the world. Except the projects take decades, skyrocket in costs and get delayed for decades on top.

Advocating for nuclear power now is in the best interest of the oil lobby. And it is simply impossible to solve the urgent energy transition with it, even if all the miracles promised about it were true.

[–] JamesFire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except the projects take decades, skyrocket in costs and get delayed for decades on top.

France is doing just fine with none of those issues.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/frances-edf-faces-uphill-battle-as-europes-demand-for-nuclear-reactors-grows/

The budget could increase by 70-90% compared to initial estimates, with commissioning delayed up to four to six years.

In France, the government plans to build six EPR – with a possibility of eight more – at an average cost of €52 billion. The first commissioning is scheduled for 2035.

However, according to Les Échos, the costs have already been revised upwards by 30%. When for a comment, EDF CEO Luc Rémont “would not confirm any figures.”

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Except the projects take decades, skyrocket in costs and get delayed for decades on top.

You're literally spreading oil lobby propaganda, the only reason it's like that is because of excessive regulation and red tape lobbied for by the oil execs and citizen pushback due to their fear mongering campaign