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Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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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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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Knusper@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

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.