Darkassassin07 comments on Saudi Arabia claims 'record' low price as Marubeni wind power deal hits $15/MWh

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Record for Saudi, or record in general...?

'Cause I'm currently paying (CAD) between $109.7 and $140.8 (so USD $79.9 - $102.5) per MWh.

Edit: Damn it, I shifted a decimal in the mental conversion from KWh to MWh. Fixed the values above. (10x)

That Saudi power is much cheaper than I thought...

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago*

I'm enjoying solar on my Australian roof.

Don't understand why the fuck we're investing so poorly in solar farms and everyone just complains about price of electricity. We're the sun cancer capital of the world; when life gives you sun, clear skies, and a thinned ozone layer, make electricity!

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[–] incompetentboob@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Genuine question, where in Canada are you getting that price and is that including the Demand charge?

Cheap power in Canada is something I would genuinely be interested in

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Southern BC.

Not sure what you mean by demand charges. Additional cost for peak hours perhaps? Not really a thing where I live.

Energy is billed at the lower of the two numbers I gave for the first ~1.4MWh, then the rest is billed at the higher rate. (metered between two months) It doesn't matter when you use the energy.

Aside from the energy costs, there's a ~$0.22/day base charge and 5% gst. That's it.

Edit: (see the edit in previous comment)

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