▲ 1468 ▼ Just saying (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by JimmyMemes@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (2 children) Spain invested in green energy and I am paying a shit ton on utility bills. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Teacrumble@lemmy.wtf 6 points 6 months ago Producing the energy has become cheaper. Delivering however… and costs for maintaining the grid will only go up after the blackout from last year permalink fedilink source parent [–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* It's kind of hard to judge considering the whiplash from Europe moving away from Russia. Checkout the cost over time here (and set it to the 10 years view): https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/electricity-price It's cheaper now than 10 years ago, but the Russian invasion made everything way more volatile. As I understand it, Spanish generation is cheap but its grid is outdated, so it'll continue like that until more of the grid is switched out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Teacrumble@lemmy.wtf 6 points 6 months ago Producing the energy has become cheaper. Delivering however… and costs for maintaining the grid will only go up after the blackout from last year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago* It's kind of hard to judge considering the whiplash from Europe moving away from Russia. Checkout the cost over time here (and set it to the 10 years view): https://tradingeconomics.com/spain/electricity-price It's cheaper now than 10 years ago, but the Russian invasion made everything way more volatile. As I understand it, Spanish generation is cheap but its grid is outdated, so it'll continue like that until more of the grid is switched out. permalink fedilink source parent
