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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Nobody here is suggesting that we should avoid solar power because of this.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    But the point is that it is not even a flaw from an economic perspective. There is demand both for short term flexible and long term stable energy production and energy consumption in the grid. If you assume prices to be a suitable instrument, which most economists do, then the negative price of the production is a positive price for the short term consumption.

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